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Framing Leader Messages for Highly Reliable Organizing
(2016-12-16)
This dissertation tests high-reliability organization (HRO) theory's claim that strategic leadership messages can direct followers’ sensemaking in adaptive ways (Weick & Sutcliffe, 2015). Specifically, two experiments ...
(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 ...
Giving Your All: Evaluating Changing Social Identities Throughout the Assimilation Process in Full-Life Volunteer Organizations
(2016-05-14)
The present study evaluates the assimilation process for full-life volunteers in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) missionary program. The focus on full-life volunteers provided an opportunity to observe ...
CONSTRUCTING ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY TRANSACTIONALLY: THE COMMUNICATIVE CONSTITUTION OF ISIL
(2016-05-13)
This dissertation explores how organizations attempt to construct their ontology and legitimacy through external messages, known as institutional positioning. Constructing an image of legitimacy is particularly important, ...
Cross-cultural comparisons on pathways between language barriers and health disparities
(2016-12-16)
Despite a large number of studies verifying the correlations among language barriers in healthcare settings and health disparities, the precise ways language barriers contribute to health disparities is less clear. This ...
Negotiating the Tensions of Collective Change Implementation
(2016-05)
Given the increasing number of interorganizational collaborations across governmental and private sectors, this study furthers theoretical understanding of these important relationships by focusing on dialectical tensions ...
FINDING PEACE IN LIFE'S UNEXPECTED JOURNEY: THE PROCESS OF GRIEVING AND IDENTITY TRANSFORMATION FOR MOTHERS OF CHILDEN WITH DOWN SYNDROME
(2016-05-13)
This qualitative study concerns the process of grieving and identity transformation for mothers of children with Down syndrome. The study aimed to understand the identity loss of mothers of child with disability through ...