Families’ Emotion Work in Transnational Settings: The Case of Military Families

Atwood, Kristin

doi:10.1515/ngs-2012-006

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“…Scholars who study transnationalism on the individual‐level focus on delineating what acts, actors, and communities should be considered transnational. While many individuals lead lives that span beyond the boundaries of a single nation (Appadurai, ), empirical research on transnationalism primarily deals with immigrant populations (Colic‐Peisker, ; Favell, Feldblum, & Smith, ; see Atwood, , for an exception). Some scholars argue that many immigrants may be engaged in transnational acts, but transnational people are those who engage in a continuous schedule of activities across national borders, even if the frequency and duration of visits to the home country may vary (Portes, Guarnizo, & Landolt, ; Riedel, ).…”

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Situating the self in global context: Reconceptualizing transnational and cosmopolitan identities

Watson

2018

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Scholars interested in the effects of globalization oninternationally mobile individuals have tended to study this by drawing comparisons between national identity and transnationalism (i.e., connectedness and involvement in more than one country simultaneously) and cosmopolitanism (i.e., a sense of belonging to the world as a whole rather than a single nation). Empirical patterns generally suggest the pervasiveness and resilience of national identity even among globally mobile populations, but findings do show that international experience can bring about changes to individual identity. By comparing transnationalism and cosmopolitanism to national identity, the extant literature makes a tacit assumption that these identities are groupbased. The social psychological literature on identity refers to three different types, or bases, of identity: group, role, and person. This paper argues for a reconceptualization of transnationalism and cosmopolitanism as role-or personbased identities, and outlines several avenues for research based on this reconceptualization.

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Situating the self in global context: Reconceptualizing transnational and cosmopolitan identities

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2018

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“…Fifth, the findings have implications for the historical reluctance researchers and practitioners have regarding investigating and fostering the existence of emotions at work (Antonakis et al, 2009). Until recently, individuals who worked in such high-risk populations, such as military and police forces, have been reluctant to engage in emotionoriented training because of the belief that emotions compromise or interfere with effective social behaviours, stoicism, and decision-making (Atwood, 2013;Livingstone, Nadjiwon-Foster, & Smithers, 2002;Moriarty, 2016;Schatz et al, 2015). Such populations are often time-poor, resources are strained, and the impetus to engage in professional development is low unless robust, contextual, job-specific benefits are evident.…”

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“…Use of non-self-report EI measures advances stress, burnout, and EI literature by coupling an ability-based EI measure with biological measures, avoiding accumulated influences of self-report on three constructs (i.e., stress, burnout, and EI). Individuals who work in this high-risk population are commonly reluctant to engage in training that is based on emotions (Atwood, 2013)…”

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Emotional intelligence and its effects on biomarkers of workplace stress

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Workplace stress is an insidious, pervasive, and increasing problem that contributes to psychological, psychosocial, and physiological declines to workers' health. This thesis focuses on the effect of emotional intelligence (EI) as a moderator of workplace stress, measured using biomarkers. EI is beneficial to workers because individuals with higher EI have stronger coping abilities, engender more trust, and perform cognitive tasks with less effort, resulting in greater life satisfaction and wellbeing. For these reasons, I argue that EI reduces workplace stress. However, research on EI and stress has long been hindered by subjective measures of both EI and stress. Physiological evidence that EI or EI training moderates the effects of work stress is lacking, and thus I investigate the relationship between EI, measured by the ability-based MSCEIT (Mayer, Salovey, & Caruso, 2002), and physiological stress, measured using salivary cortisol, in two contexts-in a lab using university students, and in the field with Special Forces military personnel.A common source of workplace stress is incivility. In the two lab studies, I assess the moderating effect of EI on participants who experienced stress during online interactions with supportive or uncivil supervisors (Study 1: N= 328,) and supportive, neutral, or uncivil supervisors (Study 2: N= 350). A 2x2x2 sampling model was developed in which subjects completed a business-like task with support or incivility from an online supervisor. EI and stress were recorded using a Mayer-Salovey-Caruso EI ability test and salivary cortisol.Based on COR theory, I hypothesised that EI associates with reduced stress and increased trust. Participants with high EI had a lower change in cortisol (i.e., less stress) in response to cyber-mediated incivility from supervisors than participants with low EI did. Individuals treated in a supportive, civil manner demonstrated significant reductions in cortisol when supervisors supported them. These results corroborate the proposition that individuals with high EI better moderate stress responses to workplace incivility than low EI individuals do.Using field studies, I tested whether EI training reduces physiological stress and increases cognitive function and behavioural performance in a real-world, extremely physical and emotionally high-risk/high-stress work environment. I expanded investigation to the effectiveness of a tailored EI training program. Research conducted in the Australian Special Forces included two studies (Study 3a: N= 35, Study 3b: N= 43), during which I examined the efficacy of EI training in managing stress during real military training exercises using salivary cortisol and Immunoglobin A (IgA) as objective indicators of stress and burnout in a practice-based, Commando population. Cognitive performance under stress was also3 measured using behavioural performance activities. Soldiers were tested before, during, and after standard training protocols of rappelling, shoot-no-shoot, self-care under fire, urban precision strike, ...

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The Civilian Wives of Military Personnel: Mobile Subjects or Agents of Militarisation?

Hyde

2017

The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military

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Families’ Emotion Work in Transnational Settings: The Case of Military Families

Cited by 4 publications

References 35 publications

Situating the self in global context: Reconceptualizing transnational and cosmopolitan identities

Situating the self in global context: Reconceptualizing transnational and cosmopolitan identities

Emotional intelligence and its effects on biomarkers of workplace stress

The Civilian Wives of Military Personnel: Mobile Subjects or Agents of Militarisation?

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