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Browsing by Author "Haddad, Dorine Mattar, Ph.D."

Browsing by Author "Haddad, Dorine Mattar, Ph.D."

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  • The auditor change decision in UK : factors and market reaction 
    Chaanine, Melissa Challita (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)
    Purpose: This study examines the firm's characteristics and the corporate governance factors that influence the auditor change decisions, and observes the market reaction following the announcement of such decisions. Design/methodology/approach: The relation between the firm's characteristics and the corporate governance factors with the auditor change decision is addressed using a logistic regression. The market reaction to the auditor change announcement is tested using the event study methodology. Findings: The results show that the company's size is positively related to the auditor ...
  • What triggers my good performance : my personality trait or my supervisor's leadership style? 
    Bassil, Pamela Youssef (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2019-06)
    Purpose: This study aims to find out the impact of the supervisor’s leadership style as well as the sales’ agents personality traits on sales performance in a life insurance company in Lebanon. Design/ methodology/ approach: The Multi-Factor Leadership Questionnaire (5X-Short) was adopted to assess the supervisor’s leadership style and the Mini-IPIP Questionnaire to assess the sales agents’ Big Five Personality Traits. The questionnaires were distributed to 200 sales agents.SPSS was used to analyze the data. Statistical tools such as analysis of variance (ANOVA) and regression analysis were ...