Working on environmental projects in Cambodia : an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of some Western expatriates : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Fleur
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-08T02:51:33Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONen_US
dc.date.available2010-12-08T02:51:33Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe experiences of western expatriates working in the environment sector in Cambodia were explored in this study. Given that there is no indigenous environment movement outside of NGOs, and the importance of NGO work to the post-conflict phase in Cambodia, how expatriate environmentalists make sense of their experiences, and strategies they use for success in their work pursuing environmental change is of interest. The process of overcoming environmental degradation and experiences of working on environmental projects in a crosscultural setting are of interest to health psychology. The chosen method, interpretative phenomenological analysis, allows themes to emerge from the talk of participants, whose sense-making is of interest. Four superordinate themes emerged from the transcripts of semistructured interviews with 8 expatriates, who had lived in Cambodia from 2 to 11 years. Themes included understandings about Cambodia’s environment, experiences of environment work in Cambodia; politics in environment work and their experiences of being expatriate environmentalists.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/1967
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectHealth psychologyen_US
dc.subjectNGO workersen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::380000 Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences::380100 Psychologyen_US
dc.titleWorking on environmental projects in Cambodia : an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of some Western expatriates : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorSmith, Fleur
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
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