OD Reaches Adolescence: An Exploration of Its Underlying Values

1 January 1976

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Vol. 12 (1) , 7-21
https://doi.org/10.1177/002188637601200103

Abstract

"I am trying to understand the identity, potentialities, struggles, and dilemmas of OD by exploring a set of values and philosophies which underlie it and have contributed to its development. The interplay of three values-rationalism, pragmatism, and existentialism-is described as a means toward this understanding. All three values are essential ingredients of OD; yet each lends to OD a different and sometimes contradictory identity.

Keywords

UNDERLYING VALUES
OD REACHES ADOLESCENCE
EXPLORATION

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Organization Development
Annual Review of Psychology, 1974