Dissertation Research: The Development and Circulation of Group Relations Training Techniques in the U.S. Since WWII

本论文项目将有助于了解第二次世界大战后社会和行为科学中一条新的调查路线的发展。它将追溯一套被称为群体关系训练的思想和实践，从第二次世界大战军事研究的开始，通过大学学科，并进入美国的工业组织。该项目的目标是记录这些想法和实践的概念化和制度化，因为它们在过去五十年中通过各种社会和行为科学专业社区传播。这将通过审查机构联系和专业网络以及领导小组关系培训员的研究和做法来实现。所采用的方法包括档案研究、收集已出版和未出版的原始资料、口述历史访谈和参与者观察。

This dissertation project will contribute to an understanding of the development of a new line of inquiry within the social and behavioral sciences in the post-World War II period. It will trace a set of ideas and practices known as group relations training from its inception within World War II military research, through university disciplines, and into industrial organizations in the United States. The goal of this project is to document the conceptualization and institutionalization of these ideas and practices as they circulated through various social and behavioral scientific communities of expertise over the last five decades. This will be accomplished through an examination of the institutional links and professional networks, as well as the research and practices of leading group relations trainers. The methods to be employed include archival research, collection of published and unpublished primary materials, oral history interviews, and participant-observation.