Early Leader Effects on the Process of Institutionalization Through Cultural Embedding: The Cases of William J. Donovan, Allen W. Dulles, and J. Edgar Hoover

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dc.contributor.authorPainter, Charles N.en
dc.contributor.committeechairWolfe, James F.en
dc.contributor.departmentPublic Administration and Public Affairsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:11:28Zen
dc.date.adate2002-05-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:11:28Zen
dc.date.issued2002-04-22en
dc.date.rdate2003-05-09en
dc.date.sdate2002-05-03en
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the ways early leaders can influence the process of institutionalization in public organizations. Using Schein's (1983, 1991) model of cultural creation and embedding as a heuristic device, secondary historical sources detailing the creation and development of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the careers of three significant leaders are used to understand the institutionalizing effects of those leaders, how they created those effects, and what happened to those effects over time. The case studies of William Donovan and Allen Dulles at CIA and J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI, provide evidence that these early leaders explicitly and implicitly used several of the cultural creation and embedding mechanisms identified by Schein to entrench their beliefs and predispositions into their organizations. These ensconced attitudes and tendencies seemingly played significant roles in the institutionalization of beliefs, rules, and roles that have developed, persisted, and affected the historical evolution of both CIA and the FBI.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-05032002-145550en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05032002-145550/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27510en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCNPdissertation.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcultural embeddingen
dc.subjectJ. Edgar Hooveren
dc.subjectorganizational cultureen
dc.subjectAllen W. Dullesen
dc.subjectinstitutionalizationen
dc.subjectWilliam J. Donovanen
dc.subjectFBIen
dc.subjectCIAen
dc.titleEarly Leader Effects on the Process of Institutionalization Through Cultural Embedding: The Cases of William J. Donovan, Allen W. Dulles, and J. Edgar Hooveren
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePublic Administration and Public Affairsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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