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Leadership Development Programs: Exploring The Real Impact Upon Communities And Organizations, Brandon Steinert
Leadership Development Programs: Exploring The Real Impact Upon Communities And Organizations, Brandon Steinert
Master's Theses
Leadership development programs are a popular tool utilized by communities and organizations to influence culture, challenge status quo and develop individuals. Research targeting the effectiveness of these programs is voluminous, but much of the work done thus far measures program effectiveness by one of two methods: either by the change in the attitudes and behavior of participants, or by the opinions participants held regarding the content and curriculum of the program. This study sought measure program effectiveness by looking at the real impact upon communities and organizations. This study explored the potential relationship between health and vibrancy of communities and …
In Search Of Solidarity: Identification Participation In Virtual Fan Communities, Jaime Shamado Robb
In Search Of Solidarity: Identification Participation In Virtual Fan Communities, Jaime Shamado Robb
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This study questions the way sports fans create (a sense of) community through online conversations. Here, ‘community’ and ‘internet’ are seen as invitational terms that suggest an authentic social interaction. By examining the language used by fans to sustain a sense of solidarity in the virtual realm, this study questions the ways in which rhetoric frames the situation. Participation in the virtual space relies on practices of identification derived from physical engagements. By using a rhetorical approach, this study illuminates the way individual participants operationalize a rhetoric in virtual conversations that spiritualize the fan’s experience at the base of a …