Leadership and participation in New York City limited equity housing.
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Title
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Leadership and participation in New York City limited equity housing.
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Identifier
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AAI9946166
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identifier
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9946166
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Creator
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Glunt, Eric K.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Susan Saegert
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Date
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1999
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Urban and Regional Planning | Psychology, Industrial | Business Administration, Management
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Abstract
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A total of 500 residents living in 35 New York City limited-equity housing cooperatives were interviewed about individual and collective experiences with participation and leadership. The survey interview contained questions about knowledge of building processes, concerns and attitudes about the proximal social and physical environment, attitudes and behaviors about participation and leadership as well as personal characteristics and history.;Results suggest that consideration of both leadership experience and leadership identity can help researchers and practitioners understand factionalization and conflicts in a variety of organizational settings. Results indicated that "traditional leaders" who both identifed as leaders and had actual leadership experience tended to have the highest sense of control and satisfaction with their residential living environment as well as endorse many participation and co-op values. On the other hand, "back seat leaders" with leadership identity but no real experience perceived the highest levels of physical building problems and crisis as well as had the lowest levels of satisfaction with their apartment, building, and neighborhood. Although they felt that they had influence in building affairs, they also had the lowest sense of control.;For experienced leaders (with or without leadership identity), variables predicting a sense of control included several "idealistic" factors such as valuing resident involvement and higher levels of participation. Control in the inexperienced leadership group (with or without leadership identity) included "survival" factors such as perceiving rent as being reasonable, higher ratings of building management, and less participation.;Looking at environmental satisfaction, results suggest that including social capital and co-op participation variables helped to explain a tenant's perceptions of the quality of her/his apartment and building above and beyond basic demographic and environmental factors. Results indicate that tenant management can make a difference in a resident's perceptions of quality and control about her/his apartment and building. People who correctly perceived living in a tenant managed building rated their management higher, saw fewer physical and social problems in their buildings, and thought that their rent was more reasonable than did respondents who incorrectly perceived private landlord or government management.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
