- Title
- Identity rebuilding for a woman living in an expatriate situation : an auto-ethnographic study
- Creator
- Odendaal, Hiltje
- Subject
- Leadership in women, Leadership - Psychological aspects, Success in business, Self-actualization (Psychology), Women - Identity
- Date
- 2012-08-14
- Type
- Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier
- uj:9235
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5683
- Description
- M.Phil., The purpose of this research was to answer the following question: Can PPL (personal and professional leadership) in any way provides an explanation for what happens in the life of an expatriate woman and can it contribute to the reconstruction of the life of a woman living in an expatriate situation? In order to answer the research question, the research was divided into two distinguishable parts. In the first part an examination of the loss of identity the expatriate woman experiences was discussed within the context of the PPL (personal and professional leadership) leadership model. The conclusion reached was that the expatriate woman is left vulnerable and disorientated because of the absence of essential and familiar leadership levels, and her own culture and country. Familiar roles and own identity need to be reshaped. In the second part of the research the rebuilding of a new identity was discussed within the context of the PPL (personal- and professional leadership) dimensional model. This model was explored for its potential in assisting the expatriate woman to understand fundamental dimensions in need of being developed in order to find a sense of purpose, meaning and hope in this time of change. The conclusion was that the PPL dimensional model can be successfully utilised in rebuilding the identity. The importance of this model lies in its fundamental belief that human beings are primarily spiritual beings and that this dimension is the source of the need to serve others, to contribute, to "matter", to make a difference and to have a sense of meaning and purpose. This research was concluding to introduce a PPL leadership model within the context of country and culture with a final conclusion that PPL can both assist in understanding what happened to the expatriate woman and in providing a tool for assisting and planning the identity rebuilding process. This was an auto-ethnographic study.
- Contributor
- Prof. D.P.J. Smith
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