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Veterinary Professionals' Workplace Learning In A Corporate Organization: An Ethnographic Study, James F. Steele
Veterinary Professionals' Workplace Learning In A Corporate Organization: An Ethnographic Study, James F. Steele
Doctor of Education (EdD)
The purpose of this study was to investigate learning orientations, strategies and tactics of veterinarians, and generate explanatory theory grounded in ethnographic data. A theory of approaches to transdisciplinary and disciplinary learning emerged from qualitative analysis of interviews, learning journals and field observations. Eleven subjects in 4 regions were newly employed by a corporate veterinary practice. This research is framed by theories of adult learning, workplace learning, and occupational community. The study was guided by 3 research questions about learning orientations, approaches, strategies and tactics veterinarians applied in the workplace. Question 1 asked about orientation toward learning. Question 2 aimed …