Frontex Joint Operations: Perception of National Border Guards and their relation to Joint Operations' effectiveness : The case of the Joint Operations Indalo, Themis and Poseidon 2018
Abstract
The present paper is presented as the final thesis for the 2018-19 iteration of the European Joint Master’sin Strategic Border Management.The main research question is “How do Border Guards of the host MS perceive the Frontex' Joint Operations (JOs) and what is the relationship, if any, between such perceptions and the effectiveness of JOs?”The purpose of this research is twofold: 1) to assess how Border Guards (BG) of the three host Member States perceive the collaboration of the Agency; 2) to explore whether an “improved perception” of the collaboration, can lead to higher job satisfaction and, eventually, to more effective JOs.
Description
1. Introduction ; 2. Frontex joint operations ; 3. Literature review ; 3.1. Assess perceived collaboration ; 3.2. Group development ; 3.3. Group effectiveness ; 4. Research methodology ; 4.1. Strategy ; 4.1.1. Context ; 4.1.2. Research design ; 4.2. Data collection ; 4.2.1. Desk research ; 4.2.2. Interviews ; 4.3. Data analysis ; 4.4. Trustworthiness ; 4.5. Ethics ; 5. Results ; 5.1. SRQ1 - What are the main elements/features in the perception of Frontex JOs by Host MS Border Guards of Spain, Italy and Greece? ; 5.2. SRQ2 - What are the positive and negative perceptions of Frontex JOs? ; 5.3. SRQ3 - is there a link between the perceptions of host MS Border Guards and the effectiveness of JOs? ; 5.4. SRQ4 - is there a link between the group’s development stage and the perception of the JO? ; 5.5. SRQ5 - which suggestions do Border Guards have, if any, on how to improve the effectiveness of the JOs? ; 6. Conclusions ; 6.1. Discussion ; 6.2. Implications and recommendations ; 6.2.1 Group development & Inter-organizational relationship ; 6.2.2 Client goal achievement ; 6.2.3 A new challenge?