Sponsor
Hatfield School of Government. Public Affairs and Policy Ph. D. Program
First Advisor
Jennifer Allen
Term of Graduation
Summer 2023
Date of Publication
7-25-2023
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Public Affairs and Policy
Department
Public Affairs and Policy
Language
English
Subjects
environment and natural resources, leadership, leadership development, public service
DOI
10.15760/etd.3646
Physical Description
1 online resource (ii, 145 pages)
Abstract
Public administrators in the United States face increasingly complex challenges and are called to leadership by position and in practice. In a hyper-pluralistic society, individuals must lead from where they sit, arbitrating value differences in day-to-day functions and taking on adversity and uncertainty in pursuit of the public good. These individuals are served by a variety of leadership training programs both internal and external to their organizations. This study characterizes the field immersion/comparative cases (FICC) model for public service leadership development and uses a grounded theory approach to build understanding about how individuals learn about leadership; what learning outcomes emerge from a single FICC program; and the individual, organizational, and societal impacts of those learning outcomes. The study uses program archives review, participant observation, and fifty-one interviews of alumni of the Executive Seminar Program in Natural Resources Leadership (ESP), a program of the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, to elucidate six categories of ESP learning outcomes. In addition, the study offers three propositions for how and why the FICC model works, discusses where FICC-style programs are most useful, and identifies areas for further investigation and development of practice.
Rights
© 2023 Erin M. Steinkruger
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40829
Recommended Citation
Steinkruger, Erin M., "Developing Public Service Leadership: Understanding the Field Immersion/Comparative Cases Model for Mid-Career Professional Education in Environment and Natural Resources Leadership" (2023). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6510.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.3646