Lindsay, Caryn2018-11-282018-11-282018-08https://hdl.handle.net/11299/201148University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. 2018. Major: Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development. Advisors: Frances Vavrus, Michael Goh. 1 computer file (PDF); 188 pages.Through the lens of social cognitive theory, this study explored the responses of European Americans in the Mankato/North Mankato metropolitan area in south central Minnesota to increasing numbers of immigrants from Africa and the Middle East. It identified activities and perspectives of European American community leaders and compared those to the views of diverse community leaders.enacculturationculturediversityimmigrationwelcomingThesis or Dissertation