Urban FFA Members' Sense of the Organizational Culture of the FFA

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Michael J.; Kitchel, Tracy
Titel	Urban FFA Members' Sense of the Organizational Culture of the FFA
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 55 (2014) 5, S.173-190 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Nonprofit Organizations; Agricultural Occupations; Case Studies; Student Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Urban Schools; Barriers; Student Participation; Conferences (Gatherings); Interviews; Focus Groups; Positive Attitudes; Student Motivation; Observation; Epistemology; High School Students; Cultural Awareness; Intergroup Relations; Workshops + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nonprofit-Organisation; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schülerverhalten; Unternehmenskultur; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schulische Motivation; Beobachtung; Erkenntnistheorie; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung
Abstract	Organizational culture shapes how members of a group act. The culture has the power to exclude potential new members who do not fit into the culture of the organization. Research on urban school-based agriculture programs has indicated that urban agriculture students face barriers to their participation in the National FFA Organization (FFA). Experiences of urban FFA members at a National FFA Convention can provide researchers with an understanding of how urban agriculture students view the FFA organization. The purpose of the case study was to explore how urban FFA members experienced the FFA organizational culture while attending the 2012 National FFA Convention. We followed one urban FFA chapter during the 2012 National FFA Convention and conducted interviews before, during, and after the convention. We also conducted focus group interviews and made observations. Belmont FFA members did not generally perceive their experiences at the convention as a barrier to their involvement in FFA and were generally positive toward the FFA artifacts, beliefs, and values they identified at the convention. However, these findings need to be understood in the context of the members who attended the convention as their motivation to participate in FFA may have positively influenced their views. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: http://www.aaaeonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01