Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments

This qualitative study identifies the dominant challenges faced by accompanying families in the humanitarian INGO sector and proposes recommendations that organisations and families can implement to promote greater family resilience. An under-researched population, the study advocates for greater ac...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pepall, Elisa Catherine
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2498
_version_ 1848743970557919232
author Pepall, Elisa Catherine
author_facet Pepall, Elisa Catherine
author_sort Pepall, Elisa Catherine
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description This qualitative study identifies the dominant challenges faced by accompanying families in the humanitarian INGO sector and proposes recommendations that organisations and families can implement to promote greater family resilience. An under-researched population, the study advocates for greater acknowledgement and supports for expatriate humanitarian families in recognition of the significant impact they have on employee performance, retention, and organisational commitment. A model of factors influencing humanitarian expatriate family adjustment and enhanced resilience is also proposed.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T05:54:02Z
format Thesis
id curtin-20.500.11937-2498
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T05:54:02Z
publishDate 2014
publisher Curtin University
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-24982017-02-20T06:39:00Z Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments Pepall, Elisa Catherine This qualitative study identifies the dominant challenges faced by accompanying families in the humanitarian INGO sector and proposes recommendations that organisations and families can implement to promote greater family resilience. An under-researched population, the study advocates for greater acknowledgement and supports for expatriate humanitarian families in recognition of the significant impact they have on employee performance, retention, and organisational commitment. A model of factors influencing humanitarian expatriate family adjustment and enhanced resilience is also proposed. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2498 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Pepall, Elisa Catherine
Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments
title Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments
title_full Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments
title_fullStr Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments
title_short Strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments
title_sort strengthening family resilience during accompanied humanitarian assignments
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2498