dynamics of military culture and multinational cooperation

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DYNAMICS

OFMILITARY CULTURE

AND

MULTINATIONAL COOPERATIONA STUDY OF THE ROMANIAN ARMED FORCES

CRISTINA-RODICA POPONETE

TILBURG UNIVERSITY

25 Nov. 2013


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Main question of the thesisWhat is the cultural profile of Romanian military and its

impact on intercultural interactions?


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Structure of the thesis

Feature

analyzed Research issuesType of

researchinvolved

Detail s about the research

Past:

History

The changes imposed

to ROAF from 1944

until today

Study of social

documents

History books, military and civilian reviews,

newspapers, fiction and non-fiction civil and military

literature, political and military official documents and

statements published before and after 1989

Present:

Peace time

Military

academies and

Air Force career

officers

Cultural profile of the

ROAF in the

international cluster of

the military

Quantitative

research

National, organizational and subcultural levels

diagnosed and compared within military academies (Air

Force, Navy, Land Forces and Military Technique)

Romania 2002;

257 respondents

Intergenerational

changes in values andpractices within

ROAF

Quantitativeresearch

Comparing national, organizational and occupational

cultural levels for two generations of Air Force

graduates trained before and after 1989; Romania 2002and 2004

148 respondents

Present:

International

mission:

Dutch-Romanian

cooperation inBosnia

Romanian cultural

profile in interactions.

Perceived cultural

differences between

the military actors and

the assessment of themission with all

implications

Combined

design:

quantitative

(questionnaire)

and qualitative

(interviewsand participant

observation)

a. Romanian and Dutch soldiers cooperation in Bosnia.

Romania, 2004 and 2005, and Netherlands, 2005

35 respondents

b. Dutch and Romanian soldiers pre-deployment stage

for common EUFOR mission in Bosnia, Netherlands2005


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Findings

Mechanical change

Fairly homogeneous

culture across military

academies

No major changesbetween generations

Former hypothesis on

Romanian military

culture not confirmed

Dutch flexibility,openness, and Romanian

adaptability and

friendliness

Veterans and militarycooperation

Wow effect andmultinational cooperation

Sociologist or spy for the Romanian military?

Where is the transformation? Learning and leadershipissues


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A learning experience


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Common

symbols

of

NL-RO military cooperation

in Bosnia


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Nobody told them, they just put up the tents!


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Working .

together

dynamics of military culture and multinational cooperation

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