Female refugee networks: Rebuilding post-conflict identity

Smith, Lee

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.04.011

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“…Nowadays, various scholars agree that one prerequisite for immigrants’ successful and peaceful integration into their host society is that they develop social networks which include host culture contacts in central positions, as these contacts provide access to critically important social and informational resources (Smith, 2013; Damstra and Tillie, 2016). These host nationals may improve the immigrant’s acculturation potential by helping with the acquisition of culturally appropriate skills and by providing exposure to new norms and value systems (Ward and Kennedy, 1993; Kim, 2001; Smith, 2005, 2013; Jasinskaja-Lahti et al, 2006). However, contact with coethnic individuals (living in the country of origin and in the country of destination) is beneficial as well.…”

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Conceptualizing the Dynamics between Bicultural Identification and Personal Social Networks

Repke

Benet‐Martínez

2017

Front. Psychol.

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An adequate understanding of the acculturation processes affecting immigrants and their descendants involves ascertaining the dynamic interplay between the way these individuals manage their multiple (and sometimes conflictual) cultural value systems and identifications and possible changes in their social networks. To fill this gap, the present research examines how key acculturation variables (e.g., strength of ethnic/host cultural identifications, bicultural identity integration or BII) relate to the composition and structure of bicultural individuals’ personal social networks. In Study 1, we relied on a generationally and culturally diverse community sample of 123 Latinos residing in the US. Participants nominated eight individuals (i.e., alters) from their habitual social networks and across two relational domains: friendships and colleagues. Results indicated that the interconnection of same ethnicity alters across different relationship domains is linked to cultural identifications, while the amount of coethnic and host individuals in the network is not. In particular, higher interconnection between Latino friends and colleagues was linked to lower levels of U.S. identification. Conversely, the interconnection of non-Latino friends and colleagues was associated with lower levels of Latino identification. This pattern of results suggests that the relational context for each type of cultural identification works in a subtractive and inverse manner. Further, time spent in the US was linked to both Latino and U.S. cultural identifications, but this relationship was moderated by the level of BII. Specifically, the association between time in the US and strength of both cultural identities was stronger for individuals reporting low levels of BII. Taking the findings from Study 1 as departure point, Study 2 used an agent-based model data simulation approach to explore the dynamic ways in which the content and the structure of an immigrant’s social network might matter over time in predicting three possible identity patterns: coexisting cultural identifications, conflicting cultural identifications, and a mixture of the two. These simulations allowed us to detect network constellations, which lead to identification or disidentification with both cultures. We showed that distinct patterns of social relations do not lead to identity outcomes in a deterministic fashion, but that often many different outcomes are probable.

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Conceptualizing the Dynamics between Bicultural Identification and Personal Social Networks

Repke

Benet‐Martínez

2017

Front. Psychol.

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“…When conflicts arise, instability within a region causes social structures to break down. Often, women in these regions come from communities where there is a strong emphasis on the relationships and bonds between people [20]. In these communities, women depend much more on each other than women do in western societies [20].…”

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“…Often, women in these regions come from communities where there is a strong emphasis on the relationships and bonds between people [20]. In these communities, women depend much more on each other than women do in western societies [20]. In order to begin to rebuild communities in conflict zones, we must first understand relationship dynamics.…”

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Utilizing Social Network Analysis to Study Communities of Women in Conflict Zones

Gatewood¹,

Price²

2017

jhummath

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This article proposes to study the plight of women in conflict zones through the lens of social network analysis. We endorse the novel idea of building a social network within troubled regions to assist in understanding the structure of women's communities and identifying key individuals and groups that will help rebuild and empower the lives of women. Our main argument is that we can better understand the complexity of a society with quantitative measures using a network analysis approach. Given the foundation of this paper, one can develop a model that will represent the connections between women in these communities. This model can then support work aiming to help women in zones of conflict.

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“…The concept of liminality was later introduced into a number of different research areas, the most popular was perhaps the field of literature (e.g., Byatt, 2012;De Michelis, 2012;Zarate, 2011), sociology (e.g., Berkowitz, 2011;Lahad, 2012;Smith, 2013) and religion (e.g., Junker, 2013;Kaltner, 1997;Ludlow, 2012). During the 1990s, liminality was also introduced in management and organization studies (Zabusky & Barley, 1997), where it has been shown to constitute a fruitful theoretical construct for illuminating aspects regarding contemporary organizing.…”

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Liminality at Work : Mobile Project Workers In-Between

Borg¹

2014

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Project-based work constitutes an increasing part of contemporary working life. For the individual worker, project-based work does not only entail performing specific tasks -it also entails equally important aspects of dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity, to create swift trust with new team members, recurrently enter new project, and leave old projects behind. Project-based work can arguably be described as a form of boundary work. This thesis adopts the conceptual lens of liminality in order to illustrate the challenges experienced by the individual project worker, the practices used to deal with these challenges, and the competence developed by the individual to handle projectbased work. In particular, the studies reported here addresses how mobile project workers -more specifically, technical consultants performing their work in client projects -experience and deal with project-based work.The thesis consists of a compilation of five papers and an extended summary. It draws upon on three qualitative studies based on interviews, diaries, and observations. In addition, the thesis offers a systematic review of literature on liminality at work.The thesis identifies four different "liminality practices" that mobile project workers use to deal with ambiguities in their work situation. Moreover, the thesis develops the concept and framework of "liminality competence" to describe the different levels of competence mobile project workers show in relation to dealing with liminality at work. The thesis also provides insight into how high liminality competence is developed and, furthermore, how formal training programs affect mobile project workers' liminal positions and liminality competence.Keywords: mobile project workers, liminality, project-based work, contingent workers, liminality practices, liminality competence SAMMANFATTNING Dagens arbetsliv består i allt större utsträckning av projektbaserat arbete. Arbete i ett sådant sammanhang handlar inte bara om att utföra sina arbetsuppgifter, utan minst lika mycket om att hantera den osäkerhet som arbetslivet i sig medför, att knyta nya kontakter med nya kollegor och att återkommande träda in i nya grupper, samt att avsluta tidigare grupptillhörigheter. Man skulle kunna säga att detta arbete i hög grad är ett gränslandsarbete. För att fånga de krav som ställs på individen, de praktiker denne använder och den kompetens som individen utvecklar i förhållande till den projektbaserade arbetssituationen används i föreliggande avhandling begreppet liminalitet. I denna avhandling studeras hur mobila projektarbetare, mer specifikt teknikkonsulter som utför arbete i kundprojekt, upplever och hanterar projektbaserat arbete.Avhandlingen består av fem artiklar och en kappa. Den grundar sig i tre kvalitativa studier som bygger på intervjuer, dagboksanteckningar och deltagande observationer. Därutöver presenteras en systematisk genomgång av tidigare litteratur som behandlar arbetsrelaterad liminalitet.Studiernas visar att det finns fyra typer av "liminalitetspraktiker" som m...

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Female refugee networks: Rebuilding post-conflict identity

Cited by 65 publications

References 36 publications

Conceptualizing the Dynamics between Bicultural Identification and Personal Social Networks

Conceptualizing the Dynamics between Bicultural Identification and Personal Social Networks

Utilizing Social Network Analysis to Study Communities of Women in Conflict Zones

Liminality at Work : Mobile Project Workers In-Between

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