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Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters: A Phenomenological Study Of Post-9/11 Guard And Reserve Military Veterans Transitioning To The Civilian Workplace, Jean Marie Pyzyk
Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters: A Phenomenological Study Of Post-9/11 Guard And Reserve Military Veterans Transitioning To The Civilian Workplace, Jean Marie Pyzyk
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ABSTRACT
BUILDING BRIDGES OVER TROUBLED WATERS:
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF
POST-9/11 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE MILITARY VETERANS
TRANSITIONING TO THE CIVILIAN WORKPLACE
by
Jean Marie Pyzyk
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2017
Under the Supervision of Professor Barbara Bales, Ph.D.
This qualitative, phenomenological study examined the lived experiences of 25 National Guard members and reservists representing the United States Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps returning to civilian careers following a post-9/11 deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. The research question asked: What are the lived experiences of post-9/11National Guard and Reserve military veterans as they transition back to the civilian …