Conciencia cultural en la asistencia a fuerzas de seguridadel ejército español en Iraq (2015-2020)

  1. Guillermo López-Rodríguez 1
  2. Marién Durán-Cenit 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Zeitschrift:
REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas

ISSN: 0210-5233

Datum der Publikation: 2023

Nummer: 182

Seiten: 63-80

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Zusammenfassung

Due to the interaction between foreign instructors and local recruits in Security Force Assistance (SFA), deployed military personnel often experience challenges arising from cultural frictions. This article analyses the relevance of cross-cultural awareness for military performance in SFA. The research is based on data obtained from 22 face-to-face interviews with Spanish military personnel about their experience in Iraq (2015-2022). The results reported cultural differences as being the main difficulty in deployment. Spanish military personnel employed different strategies to cope with these difficulties, relying mainly on interaction through mediated or direct communication with local personnel. Despite this, the sociability of the troops has been identified as a distinctive element of the Spanish military, which facilitates the building of relationships. The culture of origin of the military operates as a cross-cutting category that substantially facilitates intercultural awareness in international operations.

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