How Female Professionals Successfully Process and Negotiate Involuntary Job Loss at Faith-Based Colleges and Universities: A Grounded Theory Study

Using a constructivist grounded theory approach (Charmaz, 2006), this qualitative study examined how eight female senior-level professionals employed at faith-based colleges and universities processed and navigated the experience of involuntary job loss and successfully transitioned to another posit...

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Main Author: Cunningham, Debra Jayne (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2015]
In: Christian higher education
Year: 2015, Volume: 14, Issue: 5, Pages: 266-282
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CF Christianity and Science
FB Theological education
NCC Social ethics
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