Negotiating authenticity : a negotiated order study of Valley View Summer Camp /

addition of a new element in 1997 to the ceremonies

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Free, Rebecca J.
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1999.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:addition of a new element in 1997 to the ceremonies
and career lines. This study examined the negotiated
and future. The negotiation context was symbolically
and rituals presented a challenge to the authenticity
as hospitals and police departments. It is proposed
atmosphere where stall-members are teem members. This
Camp administrators focused on creating a community
campers to one another and to Valley View. The
characterized by a democratic approach to decision
conceptualized as a negotiation among past, present,
context impacting the negotiated order at Valley View.
created a structural context for negotiations
Economic needs, organizational growth, the increasing
for authenticity also played a part in the formation
formal interviews, and document analysis were the
history of the camp were aspects of the structural
making. The negotiation context that emerged from my
methods used to explore the negotiated order of Valley
Negotiating authenticity therefore could also be
of campers' and leaders' experiences. The negotiation
order of a summer camp. Participant observation,
provide an authentic experience for campers.
regarding such things as rules, policies, ideologies,
represented by the rituals and ceremonies connecting
research was characterized by Valley View's desire to
take place because of ambiguities in the work place
that negotiation is necessary in order for work to
The negotiated order framework has frequently been raphics.
their desire to lead certain trips.
used to examine the social order of organizations such
View's summer camp from June 1998 until August 1998.
violent behavior of children, and the mission and
Item Description:"Major subject: Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 174 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-173).