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Creator:: Hanna, Erika L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine how members of the Oregon State University polo team negotiate aspects of their social identity. Over the course of the 2011-2012 school year, 15 interviews and 30 hours of observations were conducted. From the data, five overarching themes were identified: inclusion as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Title: Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club. Abstract approved

Creator:: Lang, Sabrina A.
Abstract:: The overarching purpose of this study is to examine the communication implications of a self-proclaimed consensual organization (IT) within a classical organizational environment. The literature review of relevant theory and research covers both hierarchical and consensual organizations viewed via the classical, human relations, and system perspectives. The researcher compares organizational...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Describe a Consensual Organization by Sabrina A. Lang A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Creator:: Bussler, Andrea C.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine women's perceptions of their physical activity needs and preferences, survey their evaluation of how the Intramural Sports Department accommodates those needs and preferences, and determine if and how intramural sports programming might be adjusted to serve women better. An open-ended survey was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: at Oregon State University AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Andrea C. Buss ler for the degree of

Creator:: Porrovecchio, Mark J.
Abstract:: This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of sexual harassment codes on college and university campuses. The situational model proposed by Lloyd Bitzer is used to examine representative artifacts from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, so as to determine whether they operate as "fitting"...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Bitzer is used to examine representative artifacts from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and Oregon

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