TAMIU Annual Report 2021

An academic paper authored by three TAMIU A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business doctoral students exploring critical determinants of death rates in pandemics such as COVID-19 was published in the prestigious International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction . Ph.D. in International Business Administration students Arman Canatay, Tochukwu Emegwa and Farid Hossain Talukder authored the paper titled, “Critical Country-Level Determinants of Death Rate During COVID-19 Pandemic.” It appeared in the Journal’s October 2021 edition. The paper has also been listed as a reference in the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Global Literature on Coronavirus Disease online. In short, the paper examined the critical determinants of death rate in a Pandemic such as COVID-19 and looked at whether cultural differences such as power distance and individualism among countries play an important role in death rates. BUSINESS DOCTORAL STUDENTS PUBLISH PAPER ON COVID-19 IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Using WarpPLS, a software designed by TAMIU Regents Professor Dr. Nereu Kock, and data collected from 168 countries, the study looked at the effects of four sets of country-level factors. In addition, the authors examined Lockdown as a moderating factor. The authors’ findings reveal that cultural factors, gender and age affect the death rate more than other socio-economic factors they used in the study. They also affirm that Lockdown levels have a more significant moderating effect on cultural factors rather than other socio-economic factors. Based on their findings, the authors conclude that Lockdown needs to be practiced more strictly where the countries possess excessive power distance or excessive individualism. TAMIU A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business doctoral students pictured from left to right: Tochukwu Emegwa, Farid Hossain Talukder, and Arman Canatay. STUDENTS 24