The Meaning of the Motherhood Experience to the Work of the Internal Organizational Development Consultant/Manager: Three Case Studies

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dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Patricia Annen
dc.contributor.committeechairBoucouvalas, Marcieen
dc.contributor.committeememberKlunk, Clare D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCline, Marvin Geralden
dc.contributor.committeememberMorris, Linda E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBrott, Pamelia E.en
dc.contributor.departmentAdult Learning and Human Resource Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:10:37Zen
dc.date.adate2003-04-28en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:10:37Zen
dc.date.issued2003-04-10en
dc.date.rdate2004-04-28en
dc.date.sdate2003-04-24en
dc.description.abstractThe dissertation focuses on understanding the mothering experience of three internal organizational development consultant/managers who perceive that their experience informed their professional functioning. The questions that guided the study were: (a) What is the mothering experience of the internal organizational development consultant/manager who perceives that her experience informed her professional functioning? and (b) How does the mothering experience inform the professional functioning of the internal organizational development consultant/manager? A case study method using the grounded theory method of data analysis produced three narratives that suggested how the mothering experience influenced consulting and managerial functioning. Three themes emerged; namely: "being fully present," "protecting by fighting for trust and safetyen
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-04242003-154952en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04242003-154952/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27202en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartPatriciaAMorganDissertation.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAppendixG-SC.PDFen
dc.relation.haspartAppendixF-GC.PDFen
dc.relation.haspartAppendixE-BB.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectadult learning theoryen
dc.subjectethic of careen
dc.subjectgrounded theoryen
dc.titleThe Meaning of the Motherhood Experience to the Work of the Internal Organizational Development Consultant/Manager: Three Case Studiesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineAdult Learning and Human Resource Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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