Abstract
This doctoral thesis addresses the resilience of an individual and the different presentations under pressure. Rest, recovery and endurance at work have risen into the centre of discussion about well-being at work in almost every sector.
For the subject of this thesis, the Finnish defense forces, this study of performance has shown the different dimensions of endurance. Individuals and groups showed surprising resilience regardless of the intermittent fatigue and feeling of insignificance. Change leads to learning. Multidisciplinary qualitative research is based on hermeneutical methodology of interpretation and finding regularities. Additionally, case studies and ethnographical principles of research were used. The qualitative data in this thesis was collected from the peacekeepers in the Finnish crisis management task force in Lebanon (SKJL). The study cohort consisted of the first two rotations of the third participant group of the Finnish Defence Forces. An open questionnaire was given to the operative personnel.
This thesis focuses on answering how resilience is perceived from the individuals’ own point of view. As well as focusing on each individual’s experience, this study is also exploring how resilience in general can be controlled by acts of leadership. This study is highlighting how resilience manifests in crisis management tasks where it could be, or is a lot harder to control.
Through this understanding of resilience, a task for this study is to describe the type of factors affecting both, individuals’ resilience potential and influence of leadership on it. At the same time the study is mapping out the different views amongst the study cohort on effect of stress and resilience in crisis management environment.
The research results demonstrate reason to reconsider the perception of functional capacity based solely on physical components. Resilience as a phenomenon, combining the physical and mental functional capacity of an individual, is presented in this study as a new way of looking at an individual's functional capacity and coping. At the same time a model about the factors affecting an individual’s resilience potential is created.
For the subject of this thesis, the Finnish defense forces, this study of performance has shown the different dimensions of endurance. Individuals and groups showed surprising resilience regardless of the intermittent fatigue and feeling of insignificance. Change leads to learning. Multidisciplinary qualitative research is based on hermeneutical methodology of interpretation and finding regularities. Additionally, case studies and ethnographical principles of research were used. The qualitative data in this thesis was collected from the peacekeepers in the Finnish crisis management task force in Lebanon (SKJL). The study cohort consisted of the first two rotations of the third participant group of the Finnish Defence Forces. An open questionnaire was given to the operative personnel.
This thesis focuses on answering how resilience is perceived from the individuals’ own point of view. As well as focusing on each individual’s experience, this study is also exploring how resilience in general can be controlled by acts of leadership. This study is highlighting how resilience manifests in crisis management tasks where it could be, or is a lot harder to control.
Through this understanding of resilience, a task for this study is to describe the type of factors affecting both, individuals’ resilience potential and influence of leadership on it. At the same time the study is mapping out the different views amongst the study cohort on effect of stress and resilience in crisis management environment.
The research results demonstrate reason to reconsider the perception of functional capacity based solely on physical components. Resilience as a phenomenon, combining the physical and mental functional capacity of an individual, is presented in this study as a new way of looking at an individual's functional capacity and coping. At the same time a model about the factors affecting an individual’s resilience potential is created.
Original language | Finnish |
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Place of Publication | Tampere |
Publisher | Tampereen yliopisto |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-952-03-1587-0 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-952-03-1586-3 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Publication type | G4 Doctoral dissertation (monograph) |
Publication series
Name | Tampere University Dissertations - Tampereen yliopiston väitöskirjat |
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Volume | 264 |
ISSN (Print) | 2489-9860 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2490-0028 |