Dissertation
School districts, labor conflicts, and framing processes: an ethnographic study
Washington State University
Doctor of Education (EdD), Washington State University
05/2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005730
Abstract
Despite their visibility both in the media and in school district communities, school labor conflicts have been largely neglected in educational, labor, and social movement research. Scholars call for research that focuses on labor conflicts utilizing social movement theory. Critiques of social movement theory direct researchers toward the study of collective action within organizational contexts, fusing the noun and verb of framing analysis, developing a more sensitive, less static interpretation of behavior, and exploring both institutional and movement related power concurrently. Therefore, this study attends to the aforementioned concerns by generating understanding around the following three research questions: What frames are demonstrated in a school district labor conflict? How are they produced? And, what is the manner by which one frame is replaced with another? Collection of data focused on semistructured interviews of school board members, district/school administrators, union members or union staff members who were involved in labor negotiations, and gathered public and internal documents. By exploring the perceptions, actions, and decisions of school district leaders in a labor conflict, the analysis centers on interpreting the interconnections between labor conflicts, social movements, and leadership.
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- Title
- School districts, labor conflicts, and framing processes
- Creators
- Staci S. Vesneske
- Contributors
- Gordon S. P. Gates (Chair)Dennis A Ray (Committee Member)Gail C Furman (Committee Member) - Washington State University, College of Education
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- College of Education
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EdD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 191
- Identifiers
- 99901054760201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation