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A View from the Top: Managers’ Perspectives on the Problem of Employee Theft in Small Businesses

Kennedy, Jay P
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1406811107

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2014, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
This dissertation was a study of employee theft within small businesses focused upon understanding how these acts affect the owners and managers of small businesses, as well as understanding their perceptions of this problem. The problem of employee theft has received scholarly attention from multiple academic disciplines, and is also a common topic of discussion among business owners and managers, as well as within industry associations. However, employee theft occurring specifically within small businesses has received much less empirical attention, and almost no attention has been given to how these acts affect the owners and managers of small businesses. This study was an attempt to fill these gaps by studying the problem of employee theft within small businesses from the perspective of the owners and managers of those businesses. This study used a mixed-methods process of data collection, which required the collection and examination of quantitative and qualitative data obtained from a sample of small business owners and managers within the greater Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area. This study focuses mainly upon how elements of guardianship within the business influence opportunity structures for employee theft. However, when explored from the perspective of the owners and managers of small businesses, this examination of business guardianship also touches upon issues of target suitability and offender motivation. In total, this study provides important and unique information about a topic of importance to many academic disciplines, while also providing useful information for the actual owners and managers of small businesses. This study of employee theft within small businesses represents a valuable contribution to both researchers and practitioners interested in better understanding a serious problem that has the potential to threaten small businesses in the United States.
Michael Benson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Francis Cullen, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
John Eck, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Suzanne Masterson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
350 p.
Criminology
Employee theft; Opportunity; Routine Activity Theory; Mixed-method; Grounded theory; White-collar crime

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  • Kennedy, J. P. (2014). A View from the Top: Managers’ Perspectives on the Problem of Employee Theft in Small Businesses [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1406811107

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kennedy, Jay. A View from the Top: Managers’ Perspectives on the Problem of Employee Theft in Small Businesses. 2014. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1406811107.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kennedy, Jay. "A View from the Top: Managers’ Perspectives on the Problem of Employee Theft in Small Businesses." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1406811107

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