Doctoral Research on Group Facilitation

[Stephen_Thorpe]

I invite anyone who has references and/or links to doctoral research on group facilitation to post them in this forum thread.

I'd like to both get a sense of what has been done and to also collect a resource that others may draw from.

Ball, Dianne Lesley (2004). Facilitation of action learning groups: an action research investigation. Unpublished PhD thesis, School of Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour, The University of New South Wales, Australia.
http://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/vital/ac...y/unsworks:871

Butcher, Martin (2007). Participatory Development: Methods, Skills and Processes: A design framed action research thesis. Unpublished PhD thesis, Southern Cross University, Australia.
http://epubs.scu.edu.au/theses/77/

Fisher, Lynn Patricia (1974). Small group facilitation of participant goals: the participants' views. Unpublished PhD thesis, Ohio State University.

Hunter, Dale (2003). The Facilitation of Sustainable Co-operative Processes in Organisations. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
http://arrow.uws.edu.au:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/uws:482

Hogan, Christine F. (2001), The makings of myself as a facilitator: An autoethnography of professional practice, Unpublished PhD thesis, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.

Jay, Leighton (2008). An analysis of the critical contingency factors influencing the use of group facilitation in organisations. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0069/.

Martin, M. A. (2003). The nature of the lived experience of co-facilitation: A phenomenological approach. Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Management, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.

Roberts, Gerard Michael O’Brien (1997). Action researching my practice as a facilitator of experiential learning with pastoralist farmers in Central West Queensland. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney.
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar...roberts00.html

Schuitevoerder, Ingrid Rose (2000). Process-oriented dialogue : an inquiry into group work and conflict facilitation. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
http://arrow.uws.edu.au:8080/vital/a...sitory/uws:349

Sheehan, Michael James (2000). Learning and implementing group process facilitation: individual experiences. Unpublished PhD thesis, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Griffith University.
http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20030228.154255/index.html

Thomas, G. J. (2007). A study of the theories and practices of facilitator educators. Unpublished EdD Thesis, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/oent/Staff...ral_thesis.pdf

Thorpe, S. J. (2008). Enhancing the effectiveness of online groups: an investigation of storytelling in the facilitation of online groups. Unpublished PhD thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland.
http://hdl.handle.net/10292/778

Wardale, D.V. (2006). Managers’ and Facilitators’ Perceptions of Effective Facilitation Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Western Australia, Perth.
http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0010/

Regards,
Stephen Thorpe

[Stephen_Thorpe]

A posting for research links to masters reserch on group facilitation:

Cook, Susan (2000). A personal description of small group facilitation. Unpublished masters of education thesis, Malaspina University College, Acadia University, Canada.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0003/MQ58421.pdf

I've also updated the list of PhD thesis information in the previous posting:
http://www.iaf-forum.org/showthread.php?p=3615

Thanks to the updates from Sasha Rixon.

Best regards,
Stephen Thorpe

[Stephen_Thorpe]

Dear Colleagues,

I am extremely happy to add one more thesis to the links to Doctoral Research on Group Facilitation - (my own):

Thorpe, S. J. (2009). Enhancing the effectiveness of online groups: an investigation of storytelling in the facilitation of online groups. Unpublished PhD thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland.
http://hdl.handle.net/10292/778

I invite anyone who has references and/or links to doctoral and masters research on group facilitation to post them in this forum thread.

Best regards,
Stephen Thorpe