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Promethean Framework and Measurement Instrument: Career Development, Maintenance and Transitions in Convulsive Economic Cycles

Straub, Larry G.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628001000544

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2014, Doctor of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
This integration paper provides the amalgamation for three research studies completed over three years in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Management Program’s dissertation requirement for Case Western Reserve University. These studies all incorporated the underlying theme, dealing with career maintenance and development during times of severe U.S. and global macro-economic disruption. Our first study developed a conceptual framework enabling us to model a cohesive theoretical structure and study design dealing with emergent phenomenon, the consequences related to the 2008 U.S. and global economic crisis. We then conducted a qualitative study that provided insights via grounded theory interviews of 42 participants; this resulted in our Promethean Life Engagement Practices Framework. This framework provided a mapping of mental models, skills sets and practices that resulted in better outcomes throughout the five years following 2008. In our final quantitative study we conducted research via a specifically designed instrument utilizing 510 survey participants, this research tested components of the Promethean Life and Career Measurement Instrument. This integration paper evolved our research program by identifying six fundamental modifications / shifts that we believe happened in the social, workplace and economic landscape in the past five years (post 2008). The paper also highlighted nine mental frameworks and practices that we feel will help individual’s better position themselves for the tumultuous and convulsive decades to come.
Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D., (Advisor)
James Gaskin, Ph.D., (Advisor)
Eugene Pierce, D.M., (Advisor)
Paul Hedlund, Ed.D., (Advisor)
Economics
long-term unemployment; economic disruption; measurement instruments; career models; relational networks; physical vibrancy; family influence; retirement trends; ageism

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  • Straub, L. G. (2014). Promethean Framework and Measurement Instrument: Career Development, Maintenance and Transitions in Convulsive Economic Cycles [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628001000544

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Straub, Larry. Promethean Framework and Measurement Instrument: Career Development, Maintenance and Transitions in Convulsive Economic Cycles. 2014. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628001000544.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Straub, Larry. "Promethean Framework and Measurement Instrument: Career Development, Maintenance and Transitions in Convulsive Economic Cycles." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628001000544

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