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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
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