Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 2006, Graduate School

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Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2015, Kinesiology

With more than $55 billion allocated towards the practice on an annual basis, sponsorship has become an increasingly integral part of the marketing mix for brand marketers (IEG, 2015). Further, sport organizations rely on sponsorship as an important funding mechanism to finance its continued operations. Utilizing the lens of the relationship marketing literature, it is evident that the relationship between the sponsoring firm and a sponsored property is intended to be a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership. However, despite the importance of a sponsorship's duration to both sides of the relationship, it is not well–understood whether certain factors or conditions can jeopardize these cooperative, business-to-business partnerships. Therefore, this study intended to further understanding of the relationship between sponsorship sellers and buyers by investigating factors that may predict the dissolution of such partnerships. Event history analysis (EHA) modeling approaches were employed to investigate sets of variables representing four distinct factors, including economic conditions, agency conflicts, sponsor-related and property-related factors, utilizing a historical secondary dataset featuring a pooled sample of 68 global Olympic TOP and FIFA World Cup sponsorships. Using a hierarchical (nested) modeling approach, results indicated that the blocks of sponsor-related and property-related variables, as well as variables representing economic conditions, predicted a significant amount of incremental variance in the hazard rate for sponsorship dissolution. For example, the presence of an inflationary economy in the home country of the sponsor was found to be a statistically significant predictor, with a 1% increase in the average annual growth rate of the consumer price index during the sponsorship increasing the hazard of sponsorship dissolution by 64.4%. Sponsor-related variables that were found to be significant included whether or not the sponsoring brand (open full item for complete abstract)

Committee: Brian Turner (Advisor); John Casterline (Committee Member); Richard Lomax (Committee Member); Donna Pastore (Committee Member) Subjects: Marketing; Sports Management

PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2001, Education : Criminal Justice

During the 1930s when the field of psychology was adopting personality as an important factor in the explanation of individual behavior, criminology shifted away from individual-centered explanations. Even with the recent inclusion of personality as a key factor in social learning and several life course paradigms, research on personality and crime is limited. Moreover, comparatively fewer studies have isolated the likelihood that personality predicts recidivism over time. Using a longitudinal design, the current study reports outcomes of a sample of federal male inmates over a 10 to 12 year follow up period. This study extends the limited research on personality and crime by using the Jesness Inventory as a measure of personality and exploring the importance of personality as a predictor of behavior. Utilizing event history analysis, the study examines the relationship between certain personality types (i.e., aggressive, neurotic, dependent, and situational) and (a) any rearrest, (b) multiple rearrests, and (c) crime-specific arrests. The findings indicate that personality is significantly related to criminal behavior even while controlling for race and risk. Specifically, that the aggressives and neurotics were significantly more likely than the other two types to be rearrest. In addition, the neurotics had a significantly higher probability of being arrested multiple times and were more likely to be arrested for drug related offenses. These findings have implications for both theory and policy development. By successfully using a correctional typology in predicting recidivism, this study supports the notion that personality is an important risk factor. Moreover, the findings suggest that personality can assist our understanding of offenders both theoretically as an explanation for behavior and practically in the development of risk assessment and treatment strategies.

Committee: Dr. Patricia Van Voorhis (Advisor) Subjects: Sociology, Criminology and Penology

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2012, EDU Physical Activity and Educational Services

The low degree completion rate for college students is problematic in the U.S. Many scholars and practitioners focus on the effects of developmental education due to its cost and effort incurred by students and institutions. However, research has not decisively concluded that developmental education is either bad or good. This study extended this important stream of research by examining the factors that contribute to emerging adults' degree completion over time. Event History Analysis (EHAs) was applied to treat participation in developmental education as a time-varying indicator of degree completion. Other primary time-varying indicators include enrollment status and GPA. The results are as follows. After the third year of enrollment, students have a greater likelihood of degree completion. Behaviors such as enrolling as a full-time student and the attainment of a higher GPA outweigh the disadvantage of taking developmental education. Findings show that students' declaration of major is driven by financial aid, rather than the motivation of career choices. Given that empirical studies fail to examine the relationship between developmental education and students' declaration of major, a further investigation from a sociological approach was conducted. Based on this study, solutions to deal with bureaucratic dysfunctions include: Workshops as a means to reach consensus and to strengthen sentiments in bureaucracy, and reforms of implementing a proper ratio of counselors to students. Moreover, surveys are suggested for future research to clarify the relationship between participation in developmental education and students' declaration of major.

Committee: Joshua Hawley D. (Committee Chair); John Casterline B. (Committee Member); David Stein S. (Committee Member) Subjects: Adult Education