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Description:: Since the 1970s, the foreign-born population of the Washington, D.C. region has more than quadrupled, with the majority of immigrants settling directly in suburban areas. In contrast to culturally homogeneous urban ethnic enclaves and ghettos, Washington's immigrant population lives in...
Author:: Stewart, Alexander Rupp
Keyword:: Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Cultural Landscapes, Identity, Ethnic Business, Ethnic Economy, and Built Environment
GW Unit:: Geography
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Chacko, Elizabeth
Committee Member(s):: Price, Marie D
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: The purpose of this study was to build upon the growing foundational base of knowledge on the academic and social transitions of student combat veterans and contribute to a greater theoretical understanding of this population and how their perception of identity may influence their experience as...
Author:: Hammond, Shane Patrick
Keyword:: War, Identity, Millennial, College, Transition, and Veteran
GW Unit:: Higher Education Administration
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Johnson, Jason
Committee Member(s):: Garces, Liliana, Hardiman, Rita, Crosson, Patricia, and Sonn, Andrew
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: This thesis concerns three Amish families living in Shipshewana Indiana. This is an exploration of the idea that while they work to remain true to their roots, the identity of members of this Amish community is changing due to internal and external pressures. This project adds to the social...
Author:: Hoover, Suzannah
Keyword:: Technology, Amish, Identity, Religion, Rumspringa, and Indiana
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Bulisova, Gabriela and Sterner, Susan
Committee Member(s):: Elfers, Steve, Turner, Tyrone, and Beasley, Toren
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: The Relationship Between Personal Agency and Meaningful Work: An Exploratory StudyAbstractThis qualitative study explored the relationship between personal agency (comprised of ego strength (resilience), internal locus of control, purpose in life, and self-esteem) and meaningful work (defined as...
Author:: Shaia, Wendy Elliott
Keyword:: Motivation, Identity, Employee engagement, Personal agency, Self-Determination, and Meaningful work
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Chalofsky, Neal
Committee Member(s):: Wesner, Marilyn, Dolet, Peggy, Kea, Howard, and Marquardt, Michael
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Emerging research has shown that, in the last twenty years, dramatic corporate and workforce changes have taken place in terms of when and where work is performed. Telework has emerged as a popular mode of work design, characteristic of a modernizing workforce. As a flexible work arrangement,...
Author:: Belle, Stuart
Keyword:: Teleworkers, Organizational identification, Belonging, Telework, Virtual organizations, and Identity
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Burley, Diana
Committee Member(s):: Long, Shawn, Hoare, Carol, Casey, Andrea, and Chalofsky, Neal
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Women are increasingly contributing to the field of social entrepreneurship, however research has not kept up to pace with this development. At the same time, scholars have argued that issues related to identity are underexplored in social entrepreneurship research (Dacin, Dacin & Tracey, 2011)....
Author:: Matthews, Candice D.
Keyword:: Feminist Standpoint, Social Identity, Identity, Women, and Social Entrepreneurship
GW Unit:: Human & Organizational Learning
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Khilji, Shaista E
Committee Member(s):: Howard, Lionel C and Pobát, Michael
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: This study examined the common essence of language restriction and then resurgence among Quechan Native American elders. The data suggests that Quechan elders' sense of culture and identity was influenced by speaking the native language. Bourdieu's work on language and power were supported as...
Author:: Sheffield, Ron
Keyword:: Native American, Social Science, Language, Indigenous, Identity, and Culture
GW Unit:: Education and Human Development
Degree:: Ed.D.
Advisor:: Marquardt, Michael J
Committee Member(s):: Miller, Amy and Etzol, Pascal
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Only the Bridge Matters Now, a multimedia documentary web and book project, explores the metaphorical bridge linking the Bolivian communities of Northern Virginia to their region of origin. By sustaining tradition, memory, and an immense love for their hometowns and cultural identities, the...
Author:: Averbook, Carey Sloane
Keyword:: Migration, Identity, Culture, Bolivia, Memory, and Virginia
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Bulisova, Gabriela and Sterner, Susan
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: This thesis is a multimedia project examining the connections between homesickness, food and identity. The photography investigates my experiences learning to cook the traditional meals made for me by my grandmother growing up in the thousands of miles away in Shenzhen, China. These images,...
Author:: Sun, Zhongmou
Keyword:: Homesickness, Food, Nostalgia, Chinese, and Identity
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Sterner, Susan
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: This thesis explores the legacy of family narrative and its influence on personal identity. By examining how artists Jen Blazina, Kara Walker, and Joan Lyons use imagery and text to address issues of identity- including elements of memory, family relationships, and history, either real or...
Author:: Schendel, Elizabeth Leigh
Keyword:: Narrative, Heritage, Identity, and Family
GW Unit:: Art and the Book
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: MacAleer-Keeler, Kerry and Deal, Georgia
Committee Member(s):: Klimek, Elizabeth and Hurtt, Sarah
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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