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Author: Paul A. Gade Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 1317708075 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 147
Book Description
Most military researchers who have attempted to measure organizational commitment have done so on an ad hoc basis, preferring to invent new items and scales rather than incorporate well-established measures. The purpose of this special issue is to reverse this trend by bringing military organizational commitment research into the scientific mainstream and to do so in ways that will prove useful to military services while advancing organizational commitment theory and knowledge. This special issue grew out of a symposium conducted at the 1998 American Psychological Association Convention that arose when many in the field recognized the practical importance of measuring organizational commitment while maintaining a healthy concern for ensuring that this measurement was well-grounded in organizational commitment theory. Taken together, the articles in this issue demonstrate the concepts of affective and continuance commitment and their underlying measures by using them in different military samples and under a variety operational conditions.
Author: Paul A. Gade Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 1317708075 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 147
Book Description
Most military researchers who have attempted to measure organizational commitment have done so on an ad hoc basis, preferring to invent new items and scales rather than incorporate well-established measures. The purpose of this special issue is to reverse this trend by bringing military organizational commitment research into the scientific mainstream and to do so in ways that will prove useful to military services while advancing organizational commitment theory and knowledge. This special issue grew out of a symposium conducted at the 1998 American Psychological Association Convention that arose when many in the field recognized the practical importance of measuring organizational commitment while maintaining a healthy concern for ensuring that this measurement was well-grounded in organizational commitment theory. Taken together, the articles in this issue demonstrate the concepts of affective and continuance commitment and their underlying measures by using them in different military samples and under a variety operational conditions.
Author: Jamiel Vadell Publisher: Universal-Publishers ISBN: 1599422964 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 133
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Trust continues to be a leading concept in organizational commitment. Milligan (2003) conducted a survey looking at trust in the Air Force among junior officers. This study was conducted as a follow-up study to determine whether trust continues to be an issue in the Air Force. The purpose of this study is to measure the comparative strengths and weaknesses, as well as the significance, of leadership s ability to gain trust from its subordinates in order to reduce the numbers of officers leaving after their commitment. This research measures organizational commitment and trust in a random sample of 372 Air Force captains. All participants completed the following surveys: The Management Behavior Climate Assessment, Organizational Commitment Scales, Intent to Leave Scale, and a demographics survey. Findings of the research concluded with the following points, as trust is a growing factor in leadership and junior officers leaving the Air Force, there is a relationship between trust and commitment. There is also a strong relationship between commitment and intent of junior officers leaving the Air Force. Finally, trust was the primary variable in this study and it was found that with an increase of trust in leadership, there is a decrease of junior officers leaving the Air Force.
Author: G. L. A. Harris Publisher: ISBN: Category : Recruiting and enlistment Languages : en Pages : 381
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Three components of the United States Air Force were sampled: active duty, reserve and Air National Guard. A total of 442 enlisted and officer personnel from 11 squadrons, and within 3 critical career fields--aviation, medical and dental, participated in completing an 84-item questionnaire.
Author: Mark Cistulli Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 7
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This exploratory study considered the relationship between affective organizational commitment, attitudes toward military advertising, attitudes toward the military and intentions with regard to enlistment in the military. A total of 155 participants participated in an experiment after which they filled out a questionnaire. Results indicated that attitudes toward the ad and attitudes toward the military influence affective organizational commitment. They also showed that affective organizational commitment predicts enlistment discussion and referral intentions. These findings as well as implications and future research opportunities are discussed.
Author: Eileen K. Adams Publisher: ISBN: 9781109831047 Category : Employee loyalty Languages : en Pages : 106
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The federal government faces a crisis in human capital because of downsizing, retirement of a large percentage of employees, conflicts in values between employees of different generational groups, and lack of strategic planning for acquiring and retaining qualified employees. A major component of this crisis is decreased loyalty and organizational commitment of federal employees. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of organizational commitment of civilian federal employees at a government military facility. Two null hypotheses were formulated: (a) There is no statistically significant difference in organizational commitment among generational groups of civilian employees in a military workforce. (b) There is no statistically significant difference between employees with and without military experience. The four generational groups were defined as Veterans (born before 1943), Baby Boomers (born 1943-1960), Generation Xers (born 1960-1980), and Generation Nexters (born 1980-2000). Military service was defined as any service from one or more enlistments to a military career. A total of 120 employees of the Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, branch of the Department of Defense were emailed a survey packet consisting of an introductory letter and an instrument comprised of a demographic component and the Three Component Model of Employee Commitment Survey. This was an 18-item survey measuring various aspects of commitment. Data were analyzed by frequency statistics and ANOVA. Results showed that Baby Boomers comprised the highest percentage, 71.6%, and that more than the majority had no military experience, 67.5. Hypothesis testing resulted in failure to reject the first null hypothesis: there were no significant differences among generational groups with regard to organizational commitment. However, the second null hypothesis was rejected: there were significant differences between employees with and without military experience with regard to organizational commitment. The first hypothesis results were surprising, since generally Veterans and Baby Boomers have greater organizational loyalty. The second hypothesis results were as anticipated, since employees with military service generally have greater organizational loyalty. Suggestions were made for enhancement of organizational commitment by government managers, and further research was recommended, especially with larger samples of more equally matched civilian government employees.
Author: Joseph Soeters Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135154821 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 299
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This book deals with the processes and theories involved in managing military organisations in both peacetime and crisis conditions. Examining the challenges faced by policymakers and military commanders in conducting military operations, this book considers the benefits of conventional management and organisation theory for the military. At the same time, these essays recognise that the military should be considered as a highly individual organisation, operating in exceptional circumstances. This awareness of the differences between the military and other organisations generates important lessons not only for the military but also for general organisations as it teaches them how to cope in exceptional, ‘hyper’ conditions. These theoretical lessons are illustrated by case studies and experiences from recent military operations, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book will be of great interest to students of military studies, security studies and organizational studies. Joseph Soeters chairs the department of management and organization studies and defence economy at the Netherlands Defense Academy and he is a professor in organizational sociology at Tilburg University. Paul. C. van Fenema is an associate professor of organization studies at the Netherlands Defence Academy and Tilburg University. Robert Beeres is an associate professor in the field of defence accounting and control (business administration) at the Netherlands Defence Academy and at Nyenrode Business School.
Author: Paul A. Gade
Author: Paul A. Gade
Author: Jamiel Vadell
Author: G. L. A. Harris
Author: Orlando Barajas
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Author: Joseph Soeters