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200880 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.200880 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-05 64 pages Rosengren, Eric DeLusé, Stephanie R. Phan, Kim Barrett, The Honors College Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business School of Life Sciences School of International Letters and Cultures The goal of this thesis is to utilize the four frames, a paradigm coined by Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal in the study of organizations, to analyze the current employment structure and practices of a personal injury clinic known as Accident Doctors. Furthermore, the frames will be guides on which new designs for this clinic’s employment structure may be based. Before this can be done, the personal injury industry and Accident Doctors will be introduced and analyzed. From there, an in-depth look at how Accident Doctors functions, what makes it unique, its strengths and weaknesses, and its current organizational structure will all be investigated. Currently, Accident Doctors is a clinic operated by three senior staff members, and a mixture of two college undergraduates and three graduate students taking a gap before graduate school. Having been staffed predominantly by young college students and graduates since its inception, Accident Doctors has provided invaluable clinical experience to many individuals with ambitions of someday becoming healthcare professionals. This noble cause, however, leaves the clinic in a constant state of flux as the students it hires inevitably move on to pursue additional schooling and other clinical experiences. This employment structure, while retaining potential, is lacking in stability. In addition to constantly changing employees, the organization is small and typically operates with only eight total staff members. When the more seasoned employees eventually leave or have to call out, there are not always enough staff members to pick up the slack. This thesis therefore proposes two new models by which the clinic may structure its staff to better insulate and stabilize itself from these potential issues. Organizations Frames Personal Injury Reshaping Accident Clinic Employment Practices: A Multi-Framed Approach