Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriates

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Autor(a) principal: Kelly Fischer
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Katie Hutchings, Luisa Helena Pinto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/79864
Resumo: This exploratory study focuses on the lived acculturation experiences of United States (US) female career military expatriates who worked and lived in combat settings across five war zones. Based on an analysis of oral histories that spanned over 60 years, the research revealed that these pioneering women had a strong commitment to their profession, and that this, along with camaraderie, facilitated their adaptation to living conditions characterized by extreme danger, nominal domestic comforts, and unrelenting work requirements in culturally unfamiliar contexts. The research identified the multiple physical and psychological stressors of living and working as a female in a war zone and the variety of coping strategies employed for acculturation, particularly the prominent role of relational support from family and friends, and a combination of personal coping mechanisms (such as crying or compartmentalization) and religious faith. As extant expatriate research has overwhelmingly focused on male executives in multinational corporations, this research is significant in extending the literature to an analysis of the public sector, specifically women deployed overseas in highly dangerous settings and who were pioneering in both their roles in the military and as non-traditional expatriates at a time when few women worked internationally.
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spelling Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriatesEstudos de gestão, Economia e gestãoManagement studies, Economics and BusinessThis exploratory study focuses on the lived acculturation experiences of United States (US) female career military expatriates who worked and lived in combat settings across five war zones. Based on an analysis of oral histories that spanned over 60 years, the research revealed that these pioneering women had a strong commitment to their profession, and that this, along with camaraderie, facilitated their adaptation to living conditions characterized by extreme danger, nominal domestic comforts, and unrelenting work requirements in culturally unfamiliar contexts. The research identified the multiple physical and psychological stressors of living and working as a female in a war zone and the variety of coping strategies employed for acculturation, particularly the prominent role of relational support from family and friends, and a combination of personal coping mechanisms (such as crying or compartmentalization) and religious faith. As extant expatriate research has overwhelmingly focused on male executives in multinational corporations, this research is significant in extending the literature to an analysis of the public sector, specifically women deployed overseas in highly dangerous settings and who were pioneering in both their roles in the military and as non-traditional expatriates at a time when few women worked internationally.20152015-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/79864eng0147-176710.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.05.005Kelly FischerKatie HutchingsLuisa Helena Pintoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-29T14:48:34Zoai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/79864Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:08:59.335462Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriates
spellingShingle Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriates
Kelly Fischer
Estudos de gestão, Economia e gestão
Management studies, Economics and Business
title_short Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriates
title_full Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriates
title_fullStr Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriates
title_full_unstemmed Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriates
title_sort Pioneers across war zones: The lived acculturation experiences of US female military expatriates
author Kelly Fischer
author_facet Kelly Fischer
Katie Hutchings
Luisa Helena Pinto
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Luisa Helena Pinto
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Kelly Fischer
Katie Hutchings
Luisa Helena Pinto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Estudos de gestão, Economia e gestão
Management studies, Economics and Business
topic Estudos de gestão, Economia e gestão
Management studies, Economics and Business
description This exploratory study focuses on the lived acculturation experiences of United States (US) female career military expatriates who worked and lived in combat settings across five war zones. Based on an analysis of oral histories that spanned over 60 years, the research revealed that these pioneering women had a strong commitment to their profession, and that this, along with camaraderie, facilitated their adaptation to living conditions characterized by extreme danger, nominal domestic comforts, and unrelenting work requirements in culturally unfamiliar contexts. The research identified the multiple physical and psychological stressors of living and working as a female in a war zone and the variety of coping strategies employed for acculturation, particularly the prominent role of relational support from family and friends, and a combination of personal coping mechanisms (such as crying or compartmentalization) and religious faith. As extant expatriate research has overwhelmingly focused on male executives in multinational corporations, this research is significant in extending the literature to an analysis of the public sector, specifically women deployed overseas in highly dangerous settings and who were pioneering in both their roles in the military and as non-traditional expatriates at a time when few women worked internationally.
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