Browsing by Subject "identity"
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Agency and Identity in the Contact Zone: the Travel Writer and the Native in J.m. Synges The Aran Islands
(Oklahoma State University, 2010-12-01)This study examines J.M. Synge's prose travel text The Aran Island, first published in 1907. It uses the tools of traveling theory proffered by scholars like Mary Louise Pratt as well as some of the post-colonial theory ... -
Assessing Espoused Goals in Private Family Firms Using Content Analysis
(Family Business Review, 2012-09-01)Understanding how private family firms gauge performance is of great interest to family business scholars. Unfortunately, finding comparable data to understand differences in the performance of such firms is challenging. ... -
Cooperating Music Teachers’ Perceptions of Preparation, Experience, and Identity as Music Teacher Educators
(2020)The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of cooperating music teachers pertaining to their preparation, experience, and identity as music teacher educators. Specifically, I examined (a) the extent to ... -
(DE)CENTERING HETERONORMATIVITY IN THE U.S. MILITARY: IDENTITY (RE)NEGOTIATION AND CULTURAL CHANGE FOLLOWING THE REPEAL OF “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL”
(2016-05-13)This study assesses: (1) cultural stigmatization processes and their influence on self-concept clarity for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals in the United States military, (2) the identity management strategies employed by GLB ... -
Exploring the multi-focus influence of identity on students' entrepreneurial intent
(2012-07)Scope and Method of Study: Empirical studies examining the predictors of intentions usually focus on the effect a single identity has on intentions. Adapting Shapero's events model, the current study investigates the ... -
Identity and home in three Caribbean authors
(2020-07)The search for identity is a major theme in modern literature. It is particularly prevalent in societies that have historically been colonized where the colonizer has sabotaged the values of the colonized that are at the ... -
IN(CORPS)ORATING MARINE IDENTITY: EMBODIED RHETORICS IN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RECRUIT TRAINING
(2018)The United States Marine Corps exists within American popular consciousness as a famed fighting force renowned for its unapologetic and well-earned reputation. Its recruit training process, colloquially known as "boot ... -
Investigation of the identity trajectories of mathematics instructors participating in an inquiry-oriented professional development initiative
(2022-07)The enactment of a large-scale, long-term professional development initiative designed to enhance participants’ knowledge base by influencing their identity trajectories as mathematics instructors is complex. Effectively ... -
King of the mat: Former elite wrestlers and perceptions of perfectionism and identity
(2017-05)Research on perfectionism and identity is vast and has a significant focus on athletic and academic performance along with links to positive and negative mental health. The majority of research is quantitative and data is ... -
Language, identity, and voice: European perspectives on English as the international language of science
(2022-07)Drawing on theories from Applied Linguistics research, this doctoral dissertation brings together European perspectives on language, identity, and voice in an examination of English as the international language of science ... -
Life Stories of Older Community College Women
(2018-05)The purpose of this narrative research was to explore the life stories of older women attending community college, uncovering elements of their identities and highlighting the role education was playing in the creation of ... -
Meaning making and identity formation among adults with intellectual disability: A relationship-based approach
(2022-07)Research using a storying approach to examine meaning making and identity formation processes among adults with intellectual disability have shown to be a source of individual empowerment (Grove, 2012). The current study ... -
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH EXPLORING AND EXPRESSING WHO THEY ARE THROUGH DIGITAL STORYTELLING
(2020-05)This holistic single-case study aims to understand the impact of digital storytelling on the identity development of Native American youth. The question that guides the study asks, “How do Native American adolescents in a ... -
Oklahoma's Identity: Three Characteristics of the American West
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)This study examines three characteristics of the American West that Oklahoma also possesses. Primary materials include newspapers, court decisions, a pending lawsuit, and federal treaties with the Chickasaw and Choctaw ... -
An ounce of time, a pound of responsibilities and a ton of weight to lose: An autoethnographic journey of barriers, message adherence and the weight-loss process
(Public Relations Inquiry, 2013-01-01)This article uses an autoethnographic approach to determine how the intersectionality of identities affects message perceptions about weight loss from the lens of two doctoral students. This autoethnography links our ... -
Place as a storied event-in-process in Braiding sweetgrass and There there
(2021-05-14)The notion that place may be conceptualized as a storied event-in-process is the crucial premise of this literary exploration. The essay critically analyzes the storied memoir Braiding Sweetgrass by Potawatomi scholar ... -
Relationship between males' serious leisure and their conformity to masculine gender norms
(2021-05)Social norms have influenced leisure participation. Serious leisure pursuits are affected by time constraints as they, by definition, involve time commitments. The goal of leisure is to quench a desire for a fulfilling ... -
Taiwan Domestic Politics - Political Corruption, Cross Strait Relations, and National Identity
(Oklahoma State University, 2007-05-01)This thesis examines domestic politics of Taiwan with a particular focus on periods from 2000 when Chen Shui-bian was elected as president to 2007. Through better understanding the political parties, the political process, ... -
To be a bully or a boss: Does professional identity strength mitigate the Queen Bee Phenomenon?
(2021-07)This research addresses the cognitive mechanisms that underlie, and the mitigating factors that impact the Queen Bee Phenomenon, wherein token women indicate lower hiring intention towards junior-level women. Previous work ... -
Understanding the formation and maintenance of the conservative identity in Oklahoma
(2014-07)This qualitative study explored how Oklahoma conservatives constructed and understood their conservative identities, as well as the ideas and people they attributed as influencing their identities. Drawing upon ethnographic ...