Doctoral Dissertation Research: Maintenance of Tradition Amid Organizational Pressures to Change

博士论文研究：在组织变革的压力下维护传统

• 批准号: 2002003
• 负责人: Christena Turner
• 金额: $ 1.6万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2002003&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Maintenance; Tradition

This dissertation project investigates how a distinct subgroup may create novel organizational practices by preserving traditional knowledge and practices in a contemporary setting. The setting is a unique organization: a medical clinic owned by the subgroup. To treat patients both from the subgroup and not from the subgroup in their clinic, the subgroup’s approach to treatment centers on the integration of distinct modalities including conventional, integrative, and traditional treatment. This project examines the impact of subgroup ownership of the clinic on the creation of new forms of treatment. It also examines how distinct treatment modalities, often considered incompatible because they involve different theories, practices, and evidence, are negotiated in a single institution. This project reveals how practitioners collaborate across epistemological and methodological divides in their attempt to establish more efficient and effective practices. In so doing, it contributes to the sociology of science and technology and medical sociology as it explores changing boundaries.The methods for this study involve participant observation, interviews, and document analysis. Participant observation allows answering questions concerning subgroup healing practices and combining modalities. Approximately 40 interviews are being held with subgroup personnel involved with the establishment and operation of the clinic. Documents analyzed include media reports, clinic promotional materials, and internal documentation of the clinic’s development. As integrative clinics proliferate, this research will help practitioners anticipate the problems that may arise in attempting to combine disparate modalities. Further, this project will provide insight into the challenges and opportunities in creating culturally tailored services for treatment. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

本论文项目研究了一个独特的小组如何通过在当代环境中保留传统知识和实践来创造新颖的组织实践。 背景是一个独特的组织：该集团拥有的一家医疗诊所。 为了在诊所治疗来自亚组和非亚组的患者，亚组的治疗方法集中在不同模式的整合上，包括常规治疗、综合治疗和传统治疗。 该项目研究了诊所的小组所有权对创造新治疗形式的影响。 它还研究了如何在一个机构中协商不同的治疗方式，这些方式通常被认为是不兼容的，因为它们涉及不同的理论、实践和证据。 该项目揭示了实践者如何跨越认识论和方法论分歧进行合作，试图建立更高效和有效的实践。 这样做，它有助于科学技术社会学和医学社会学探索不断变化的边界。本研究的方法包括参与观察、访谈和文献分析。 参与者观察可以回答有关亚组治疗实践和组合方式的问题。 目前正在对参与诊所建立和运营的小组人员进行大约 40 次采访。 分析的文件包括媒体报道、诊所宣传材料和诊所发展的内部文件。 随着综合诊所的激增，这项研究将帮助从业者预测在尝试结合不同模式时可能出现的问题。 此外，该项目还将深入了解创建文化定制治疗服务的挑战和机遇。 该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。