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Whitmore, Emily E.H.

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Cultivating Oysters and Community in New Hampshire's Great Bay.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Cultivating Oysters and Community in New Hampshire's Great Bay./
Author:	Whitmore, Emily E.H.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
Description:	79 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International57-04(E).
Subject:	Social research. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10685663
ISBN:	9780355626711

Cultivating Oysters and Community in New Hampshire's Great Bay.
Whitmore, Emily E.H.

Cultivating Oysters and Community in New Hampshire's Great Bay. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 79 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Hampshire, 2017.

The increasing prevalence of new types of business communities has challenged existing sociological perspectives on business organizations, competition, and community in a way that necessitates new and novel approaches. Utilizing a case study of New Hampshire's oyster farmers, this thesis applies Coleman's rational choice theory, as well as Thompson's conception of uncertainty in examining cohesion within this thriving community of practice. While studies of communities of practice indicate that members are motivated to participate out of community-interest, rather than self-interest (Chui et al. 2006, Wasko and Faraj 2000), and that self-interest can undermine the community (Morgan 2011), the oyster farmers challenge this one-dimensional differentiation. Further complicating the behavior of this community is that it is comprised of competing "atomic" organizations (Kamps and Polos 1999). The primary function of an independent business is to prosper financially, and while individual maximization of utility appears antithetical to community, the oyster farmers demonstrate how they can be deeply interwoven within a functioning, collaborative, community of practice. Not only is this one of the first sociological studies of commercial oyster farming, this research sheds light on the way in which self-interest can drive cohesion within learning communities.

ISBN: 9780355626711Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122687
Social research.

Cultivating Oysters and Community in New Hampshire's Great Bay.
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