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Organizational Adaptation Through Diffusion And Social Networks: A Study Of Family Consumer Sciences Extension Agents, Deborah Adkins Murray
Organizational Adaptation Through Diffusion And Social Networks: A Study Of Family Consumer Sciences Extension Agents, Deborah Adkins Murray
Theses and Dissertations--Educational Leadership Studies
This study examines the interconnectedness of social networks of the early adopter Family and Consumer Science Extension Agents (FCS Agents) of the Mental Healthiness and Aging Initiative (MHAI) pilot conducted in eleven (11) eastern Kentucky counties between October 2007 and April 2009 and compares the social network connections of the FCS Agents in the other six Extension Districts in Kentucky.
This research used whole-network survey analysis applying the social network approach, a conceptual model for explaining the communication of new ideas and information within an organizational network. Organizational networks are important structural elements of organizational systems and key to understanding …
Explorations, Vol. 5, No. 1, Carole J. Bombard, Theresa M. Ferrari, Mary S. Bowie, Olive Dubord, Doris Cushman, Doris Manley, Nancy Coverstone, Ron Beard, Nadine B. Reimer, Jim Killacky, Deb Burwell, Wendy Pollack, Glen Koehler, James F. Dill, Patricia M. Pierson, Neal D. Hallee, Jane M. Kelly, Vaughn H. Holyoke, James D. Dwyer, Leigh S. Morrow, Stephen Belyea, Tom Degomez, Benjamin A. Baxter, Catherine A. Elliott, Nellie Hedstrom, Mahmoud El-Begearmi
Explorations, Vol. 5, No. 1, Carole J. Bombard, Theresa M. Ferrari, Mary S. Bowie, Olive Dubord, Doris Cushman, Doris Manley, Nancy Coverstone, Ron Beard, Nadine B. Reimer, Jim Killacky, Deb Burwell, Wendy Pollack, Glen Koehler, James F. Dill, Patricia M. Pierson, Neal D. Hallee, Jane M. Kelly, Vaughn H. Holyoke, James D. Dwyer, Leigh S. Morrow, Stephen Belyea, Tom Degomez, Benjamin A. Baxter, Catherine A. Elliott, Nellie Hedstrom, Mahmoud El-Begearmi
Explorations — A Journal of Research
Articles include:
Cover: What Have We Done with Tomorrow? by Leslie C. Hyde, UMCES Extension Agent for Knox-Lincoln Counties.
"Editorial Reflections," Carole J. Bombard
"UMCES: an overview"
"Conversation with the Director: Assistant Vice-President Judith Bailey"
"Reaching Out for Teen Awareness," by Theresa M. Ferrari
"Profile of a Harbormaster," by Carole J. Bombard
"Minding Maine’s Business," by Mary S. Bowie
"Family Resource Management: Learning to ease the burden," by Olive Dubord and Doris Cushman
"Breaking Free and Taking Control: Helen Sawyer’s Story," by Doris Manley
"Partnership in Conservation: The Josephine Newman Sanctuary," by Nancy Coverstone
"The Mount Desert Island Health Promotion …