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A Phenomenological Study of the Developmental Experience of Community Mental Health Directors in Ohio

Strausbaugh, Jerry R
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1385055739

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2013, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
This dissertation is a study of the leadership development process of community mental health center (CMHC) executive directors in Ohio. CMHCs are tasked with providing services to individuals struggling with complex mental and emotional diagnoses. In Ohio these centers are nonprofit organizations that offer a multifaceted array of services paid for by a variety of third party funding sources. Many executive directors of Ohio CMHCs begin their careers as clinicians and must acquire the skills necessary to effectively lead their organization. In this study six Ohio CMHC executive directors who began their careers as clinicians were interviewed to discover the clinician-to-director developmental process. The data revealed two primary themes each with subthemes that describe the phenomenon experienced by the directors.
Constance Savage, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
James Olive, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Alinde Moore, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
181 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Business Administration; Developmental Psychology; Health Care Management; Management; Mental Health; Public Administration; Social Work
leadership development; community mental health leadership; adult development; adult learning; organizational leadership; public administration; phenomenology; business administration; authentic leadership; transformational leadership

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  • Strausbaugh, J. R. (2013). A Phenomenological Study of the Developmental Experience of Community Mental Health Directors in Ohio [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1385055739

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Strausbaugh, Jerry. A Phenomenological Study of the Developmental Experience of Community Mental Health Directors in Ohio. 2013. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1385055739.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Strausbaugh, Jerry. "A Phenomenological Study of the Developmental Experience of Community Mental Health Directors in Ohio." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1385055739

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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