| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Morgan, Patricia Ann
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| Author's Email Address |
patricia.morgan11@verizon.net |
| URN |
etd-04242003-154952 |
| Title |
The Meaning of the Motherhood Experience to the Work of the Internal Organizational Development Consultant/Manager: Three Case Studies |
| Degree |
PhD |
| Department |
Adult Learning and Human Resource Development |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Boucouvalas, Marcie |
Committee Chair |
| Brott, Pamelia E. |
Committee Member |
| Cline, Marvin Gerald |
Committee Member |
| Klunk, Clare D. |
Committee Member |
| Morris, Linda E. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- adult learning theory
- ethic of care
- grounded theory
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| Date of Defense |
2003-04-10 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
The 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 safety”, and “bringing a caring stance.” In two of the cases, however, some contradictions were embedded in the data, suggesting a possible “idealized perception.” The ideology of the good mother is suggested as one explanation for the potential discrepancy between the co-researchers’ beliefs and self-reports of actual functioning in the three roles of mother, consultant, and manager. A larger construct of “care” emerged, however, and related to the “ethic of care” in organizational practice.
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