Bulgaria's 33rd Antarctic Summer Campaign Leadership and Team Dynamics

A qualitative study investigates leadership, team cohesion, group identity, and coping mechanisms during Bulgaria's 33rd Antarctic Summer Campaign. The dataset includes 28 pre-departure and 36 post-return semi-structured interviews, ethnographic observations, and field notes. Martin Milanov authored this longitudinal study, which was last updated on April 24, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing leadership practices based on descriptions of transparent communication and norm-setting.
• Studying team formation and identity transition based on the reported shift from subgrouping to a 'one-station' identity.
• Investigating group-level motivation and coping strategies based on mentions of humor, peer encouragement, and structured routines.
• Comparing anticipatory and retrospective narratives of group dynamics as described in the methodology.

Strengths

• Includes 28 pre-departure and 36 post-return interviews, providing a longitudinal perspective.
• Combines interview data with ethnographic observation and field notes from an embedded observer.
• Data is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is a single 671.6 KB DOCX file, indicating a limited scope of textual analysis results rather than raw data.

Provenance

Source

Martin Milanov via figshare.

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews, ethnographic observation, and reflexive thematic analysis.

Time Range

Covers Bulgaria's 33rd Antarctic Summer Campaign.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 04:23:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Antarctic expedition.