This study is intended to ascertain the potential impact of a market-driven mechanism on changing MBL participants' social behavior. A qualitative case study investigation of whether values sought by participants and organizers are derived and the affect on social behavior after receiving these values. The methodology is to observe MBL participants' behaviors and activities during and when the MBL mechanism is available. Multiple in-depth, semi-structured long interviews are conducted with participants and organizers to understand the value demands they seek. Pertinent documentation is reviewed about the previous and current behaviors and activities of this cohort. Finally, I will participate in the MBL to understand their behaviors and their relationship to the value demands sought. This is a study deemed successful if the research technique allows me to identify participant and organizer value demands, whether they realized these demands in the MBL, whether participants' behaviors were modified to socially desired ones as a result of their involvement in the mechanism and whether participants' realized value demands from alternative and competing mechanisms during the intervention. I expect to find that participants and organizers become involved with the MBL to derive values that are different from those actually derived. Participants seek to improve their community position by enhancing their feelings of self-worth. They will realize this goal in a basketball environment with friends and an arena to compete for community social-esteem (social network circle). Organizers seek to improve participants' community by in increasing the proximity between participants and their potential involvement in illicit activities / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_25723 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Contributors | Keys, Rickie Cordell (Author), King, Ronald (Thesis advisor) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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