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Strategies For Creating A Unique Culture In Preparation For Campus Relocation: A Process Evaluation, Dana Ague
Strategies For Creating A Unique Culture In Preparation For Campus Relocation: A Process Evaluation, Dana Ague
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The relationship between a college and its founding church changed as the college developed its liberal arts programs and leaders sought to create an independent new culture from the church. Using Clark's organizational saga framework, the purpose of this study was to assess the effects of culture change on this institution. The research questions examined strategies that leaders used to transition the campus to its new reality. A formative, qualitative, process-oriented evaluation was used to collect interview data from 22 institutional leaders and other key stakeholders; data were also collected from institutional documents. The data were then coded and analyzed …