INTERPRETIVE FRAMEWORKS - A QUALITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SENSE-MAKING IN A DEPARTMENT OF RESIDENCE LIFE

Authors
LOVE PG
Citation
Pg. Love, INTERPRETIVE FRAMEWORKS - A QUALITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SENSE-MAKING IN A DEPARTMENT OF RESIDENCE LIFE, Journal of college student development, 36(3), 1995, pp. 236-243
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research","Psychology, Applied
Journal title
Journal of college student development → ACNP
ISSN journal
08975264
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
236 - 243
Database
ISI
SICI code
0897-5264(1995)36:3<236:IF-AQO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The organizational culture of a department of residence life was exami ned, and individual sense-making in the culture was explored. Two dist inctive sets of interpretive frameworks, or filters through which indi viduals create meaning and make sense of all they encounter in a socia l setting, were identified. Implications for student affairs leaders a nd managers are also presented.