Browsing PhD Dissertations by Author "Mills, Jean Helms, 1954-"

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Desperately seeking kindness : an epistemological paradigmatic adventure

Thomason, Michelle (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

This thesis studies the concept of kindness. The study of kindness is limited in management and organizational studies and this research problematizes the concept of kindness, shows how kindness research is represented ...
Making sense of plausibility : understanding the process of plausible meaning constructions : a case study of the New Brunswick Post-Secondary Education Commission

Murray, William C. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)

When exploring the disaster at Mann Gulch, Weick wrote, “the phrase that holds the world together is, 'You know what I mean'” (1993, p. 632). During times of change, people strive to understand what is happening in a way ...
Meaningful change: making sense of the discourse of the language of change

Thurlow, Amy (Halifax, N.S.: Saint Mary's University, 2007)

This thesis is a poststructuralist account of the language of organizational change and its significance in producing and maintaining a discourse of change. Approaching change management as a process which has emerged from ...
The non-corporeal actant as a link between actor-network theory and critical sensemaking : a case study of Air Canada

Hartt, Christopher Michael (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)

This thesis explores the relationship between the choices made by individuals and the influences of the groups to which those individuals belong. To interrogate the nature of groups, the thesis employs ideas from actor-network ...
Representation of Latin America in Pan American Airways : decolonial feminism on a multi-national

Paludi, Mariana I. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)

The field of management and organisation studies (MOS) adopted intersectionality framework from women-of-colour feminists to explain exclusion from power domains, according to gender, race, and class. A criticism of ...
Toward an ANTi-microhistory approach in management and organization studies : revisiting the socio-past of Trans Canada Airlines

Deal, Nicholous M. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-14)

In this dissertation I explore the potential of creative synthesis within the debate of method in management and organizational history by developing an approach that I call ANTi Microhistory. It is an approach ...
Two-eyed critical sensemaking : an integrative approach for studying post-TRC organizational change

Doucette, Mary E. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2023-09-27)

The research method, Two-Eyed Critical Sensemaking, is a novel integrative approach for studying the relationship between policy documents and enactments of respectful reconciliation focused organizational change. Drawing ...