Communicationhttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/130642024-03-28T22:24:28Z2024-03-28T22:24:28ZWe aren't all green: how Air Force wives create their identity as a military spouseSchnaidt, Caitlinhttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/145622023-10-06T01:05:29Z2021-05-01T00:00:00ZWe aren't all green: how Air Force wives create their identity as a military spouse
Schnaidt, Caitlin
Military spouses live a frequently changing lifestyle filled with unpredictability that
requires a great deal of sacrifice and support for their service member spouse. Many individuals
who become military spouses have no prior knowledge of military culture or traditions and in
turn find it difficult to integrate their outside personal identities with those oftheir military
spousal roles and expectations. This study aimed to determine how military culture is
communicated to incoming Air Force spouses and whatfactors impact military identity
formationfor Air Force Spouses. The qualitative approach to research was done so through 10
in-depth interviews and analyzed through the lens of grounded theory and social
constructionism. The research uncovered a correlation between perceived roles, expectations,
and behaviors of a military spouse and identity dissonance. Findings from this analysis suggests
that the social norms of military culture do in fact influence how a military spouse forms their
identity or rejects their identity as a military spouse. The current findings from this study
highlight some areas for Air Force leadership to be more proactive in how military culture is
introduced to incoming military spouses. There are some clear barriers to military identity
integration due to identity rejection. There is a need for better integration of military identity and
outside civilian identities. There is a need for sharing military culture norms and breaking down
the negative stereotypes seen in the media.
Master's Project (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2021
2021-05-01T00:00:00ZImpacts of cultural communication for the multinational companyPliska, Keely B.http://hdl.handle.net/11122/145582023-10-06T01:04:44Z2021-05-01T00:00:00ZImpacts of cultural communication for the multinational company
Pliska, Keely B.
Communicative missteps often interfere with an organizations ability to smoothly take
their business international and blend the work environments of different cultures. These
missteps often lead to a lack of employee buy-in, an underdeveloped level of
communication, and an us versus them environment. This project was developed to
assist in reducing or eliminating future cultural and communicative missteps and make
the integration into multinational market a smoother process. Utilizing the following
research questions this study identified standards that should be met when an
organization enters a new market, community, or industry.
RQ 1: What steps should an organization take to obtain employee buy-in when entering
a foreign market?)
RQ2: How can the organization identify factors influencing existing (new to them)
employees and local community’s perceptions of them?
RQ3: What key components should be included in a social contract when operating in a
new culture or country?
Through the use of a survey tool and informal conversations with participants this project
produced specific recommendations for the organization used in the study as well as
recommendations for future acquisitions.
Master's Project (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2021
2021-05-01T00:00:00ZCommunicating remote sensing surveys of aufeis in northeast Alaska with land managersDann, Julianhttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/132362023-08-21T01:03:17Z2023-05-01T00:00:00ZCommunicating remote sensing surveys of aufeis in northeast Alaska with land managers
Dann, Julian
With an area of over 19 million acres, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is situated in the northeastern region of Alaska and stands as the largest federally protected refuge in the United States. The region supports a variety of wildlife and plants and is culturally significant to the indigenous populations of nearby Iñupiat and Gwich'in villages who rely on the land and wildlife for their way of life. The discovery of oil near this region in 1968, prompted local, state, and federal interest in understanding the oil and gas potential of the region. Oil and gas surveys in the 1980s estimated that a portion of the Arctic Coastal Plain, known as the "1002 Area", could contain more than seven trillion barrels of recoverable oil, making it one of the largest deposits in the world. In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which mandated lease sales and the development of an environmental impact statement (EIS) to understand the potential impacts of an oil and gas program within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The purpose of this research is to effectively communicate to resource managers about spatial and temporal changes in aufeis distribution in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Aufeis fields are important features of rivers and streams in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that often form downstream from perennial groundwater springs. Over the course of a winter, these fields of ice can grow to be tens of kilometers long, kilometers wide, and up to ten meters thick. Perennial springs and aufeis play a crucial role in maintaining the hydrologic system during winter by contributing liquid water, which not only supports fish habitat but also ensures a consistent water supply during summer, thus enhancing connectivity along aquatic migratory corridors. At locations identified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as perennial groundwater springs or known fish habitat, a remote sensing analysis of Landsat data was performed. Landsat imagery was analyzed during the melt season (May 14th - August 15th) between 1985 and 2021 to determine seasonal and interannual changes to the overall aufeis extent and the melt rate of aufeis. Based on the available imagery, aufeis between 2010 and 2021 appears to be melting at a significantly faster rate than between 1985 and 2009. An ArcGIS StoryMap was developed to effectively communicate this analysis by allowing users to interact directly with geospatial data. In presenting information in this format, scientific information is effectively communicated to resource managers to help inform their decision making process in a way that is relevant to known problems, is credible by conforming to scientific standards of rigor, and is legitimate by presenting information in an unbiased manner.
Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2023
2023-05-01T00:00:00ZSecrecy in committed relationships due to career: a communication perspectiveBrander, Amanda Lassiterhttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/128192023-02-22T23:30:57Z2009-12-01T00:00:00ZSecrecy in committed relationships due to career: a communication perspective
Brander, Amanda Lassiter
"Professional secrecy, which is mandated in certain careers, seems to affect partners in their committed relationships. Partners of those with work-mandated secrecy may perceive that they enact certain behaviors based upon how they communicate around the imposed secrecy. The communication privacy management theory (CPM) aids in understanding how partners make decisions about how they communicate around secrecy within their relational culture and how they manage dialectical tensions due to work-mandated secrecy. This Human Science study is grounded in constructionism, informed by the theory of social construction of reality, guided by narrative inquiry, and used conversational interviewing and thematic analysis to gain an understanding of the lived experiences of those whose partners are constrained by work-mandated secrecy. The following five themes emerged: (a) Protection against adverse consequences: Do I need to know?, (b) We have our system: Coded language, similes, and so on, (c) It's different when my partner is not at home, (d) I try not to bury my head but I try not to probe either, sometimes curiosity just gets the best of me, and (e) Do I measure up?. These themes allow for a discussion that demonstrates how partners in committed relationships may be affected by work-mandated secrecy"--Leaf iii
Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2009
2009-12-01T00:00:00Z