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Oprins, E., Kamphuis, W., Westerveld, L., Huybens, W., Börjesson, M., Johansson, E. & Aalto, H. (2024). Predictive validity of a selection instrument measuring resilience: The INSPIRE resilience scale. Military Psychology, 36(1), 58-68
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Predictive validity of a selection instrument measuring resilience: The INSPIRE resilience scale
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2024 (English)In: Military Psychology, ISSN 0899-5605, E-ISSN 1532-7876, Vol. 36, no 1, p. 58-68Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Military personnel needs to be resilient to be able to remain effective, motivated, and in good mental and physical health. Military organizations select on resilience to determine whether candidates are psychologically fit for their job. The INSPIRE Resilience Scale (IRS) is such a selection instrument that aims to assess the psychological resilience potential of candidates in high-risk professions. A longitudinal predictive validity study was conducted in five European Defense organizations and in the Dutch National Police. The IRS was submitted in selection (N = 11,404), and criterion data about performance and health were collected in the second half of the first training year (N = 726). The results based on correlational and regression analyses showed that the IRS scores significantly predicted the criterion measures. Emotional stability, part of the IRS, turned out to be the best predictor. Results also showed that candidates who dropped out of training had significantly lower means on the IRS in selection than candidates who were still in training in the second half of the first training year. Overall, the IRS proved to be a valid instrument to assess resilience potential in candidates for high-risk professions. Selecting on resilience may therefore contribute to training success and reduction of health problems.

Keywords
personnel selection, resilience, predictive validity, psychological measurement, assessment
National Category
Applied Psychology
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10428 (URN)10.1080/08995605.2021.1968290 (DOI)000712169200001 ()
Available from: 2021-11-09 Created: 2021-11-09 Last updated: 2024-01-11Bibliographically approved
Nilsson, S., Johansson, E. & Larsson, G. (2022). Frekvent tjänstgörande i internationella militära insatser: En enkätstudie. Försvarshögskolan (FHS)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Frekvent tjänstgörande i internationella militära insatser: En enkätstudie
2022 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Försvarshögskolan (FHS), 2022. p. 59
Series
Institutionen för ledarskap och ledning. Serie I ; 130
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Research subject
Leadership and Command & Control
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-11315 (URN)978-91-88975-18-8 (ISBN)
Available from: 2023-01-11 Created: 2023-01-11 Last updated: 2023-01-11Bibliographically approved
Griffith, J., Connely, V., Catignani, S. & Johansson, E. (2020). Reservists and Veterans: Viewed from within and without. In: Anders McD Sookermany (Ed.), Handbook of Military Sciences: . Cham: Springer
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Reservists and Veterans: Viewed from within and without
2020 (English)In: Handbook of Military Sciences / [ed] Anders McD Sookermany, Cham: Springer, 2020Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter describes two important groups relative to military service – reservists and veterans. Definitions are provided regarding who is a member of each group. A summary of past and current research findings for each group is provided. The summary is organized by investigative topics or themes, which provide the current scope of the field for reservists and for veterans. Finally, approaches to the study of reservists and veterans are described, along with challenges – both substantively and methodologically – for future research studies. These serve as fertile areas for improvements and investigations in future research studies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2020
Keywords
military reservists, military veterans, deployment, well-being and health, family transition, civic engagement
National Category
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9850 (URN)10.1007/978-3-030-02866-4_34-1 (DOI)978-3-030-02866-4 (ISBN)
Note

Living edition.

First Online: 2 June 2020

Available from: 2021-04-14 Created: 2021-04-14 Last updated: 2021-11-11Bibliographically approved
Alvinius, A., Holmberg, A. & Johansson, E. (2019). Do military leaders resist organizational challenges?. Journal of Resistance Studies, 5(1)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Do military leaders resist organizational challenges?
2019 (English)In: Journal of Resistance Studies, ISSN 2001-9947, Vol. 5, no 1Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Armed forces in many Western countries have been facing societal change processes for more than twenty years; including value changes, government savings and, more recently, by the unstable security environment. The starting point here is that there is a relationship between processes of societal change and organizational challenges. The purpose of this study is to examine how military leaders manage and respond to different kinds of organizational challenges, focusing on resistance. The empirical material was collected using a grounded theory approach. Informants possessing wide experience of leadership participated in this study. The qualitative analysis describes the coping strategies, acceptance and resistance found among military leaders when dealing with organizational demands. Challenges caused by societal changes are experienced as negative aspects of organizational structure. This may be an explanation for why military leaders cope with them applying both resistance and acceptance. However, our main conclusion is that resistance to change stays within a culture of obedience.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Ed: Irene Publishing, 2019
Keywords
resistance, military leadership, organizational challenges
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8529 (URN)
Available from: 2019-05-02 Created: 2019-05-02 Last updated: 2019-09-23Bibliographically approved
Goldenberg, I., Andres, M., Österberg, J., James-Yates, S., Johansson, E. & Pearce, S. (2019). Integrated defence workforces: Challanges and enablers of military-civilian personnel collaboration. Journal of Military Studies, 8, 28-45
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Integrated defence workforces: Challanges and enablers of military-civilian personnel collaboration
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2019 (English)In: Journal of Military Studies, ISSN 2242-3524, E-ISSN 1799-3350, Vol. 8, p. 28-45Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9849 (URN)10.2478/jms-2019-0004 (DOI)
Available from: 2021-04-14 Created: 2021-04-14 Last updated: 2021-11-09Bibliographically approved
Alvinius, A., Johansson, E. & Larsson, G. (2017). Job satisfaction as a form of organizational commitment at the military strategic level: A grounded theory study. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 25(2)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Job satisfaction as a form of organizational commitment at the military strategic level: A grounded theory study
2017 (English)In: International Journal of Organizational Analysis, ISSN 1934-8835, E-ISSN 1758-8561, Vol. 25, no 2Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose

It has been claimed that job satisfaction is the most important and frequently studied attitude in organizational behaviour research. However, as most studies relate to lower hierarchical levels, the purpose of the present study was to gain a deeper understanding of job satisfaction and organizational commitment among high-level managers, military leaders in this case.

Design/methodology/approach

A grounded theory approach was used. The empirical material is based on 12 interviews, two of which were with women. The informants had wide experience of a number of leadership positions as well as participation in international operations. Their ranks ranged from Colonel to Brigadier General and they represented army and naval units, the Armed Forces Headquarters and Swedish Defence University.

Findings

The qualitative analysis resulted in a theoretical model that describes the job satisfaction of military leaders at the strategic level, which concerns establishing and balancing organizational commitment. This means that top level managers develop, manage and recreate a “sense of oneness” between themselves and the organization – a strong identification that is established, challenged, changed, and renegotiated in a continuous process. Establishing and balancing organizational commitment is built on two overarching categories: keeping up the organizational image and responding to organizational greediness.

Research limitations/implications

Small sample, lack of representativeness, and lack of elaboration on possible gender-related aspects.

Practical implications

The suggested model may be valuable in educational settings when evaluating the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of high-level officers. The model may have practical implications when it comes to selection, retention and leader development of high-level military officers.

Originality/value

A new integrative, theoretical model of job satisfaction and organizational commitment of high-level officers is developed and discussed.

National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6504 (URN)10.1108/IJOA-10-2015-0919 (DOI)000402905400009 ()
Available from: 2017-01-12 Created: 2017-01-12 Last updated: 2018-06-29Bibliographically approved
Alvinius, A., Hoke Åberg, P., Johansson, E. & Larsson, G. (2017). Sweden - Mission Command and Social Media: Old Leadership Philosophy Challenged by New Information Technology? (1ed.). In: Daniel J. Watola & Allister MacIntyre (Ed.), Technology and Leadership: International Perspectives (pp. 203-216). Kingston, Ontario: Canadian Defence Academy Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Sweden - Mission Command and Social Media: Old Leadership Philosophy Challenged by New Information Technology?
2017 (English)In: Technology and Leadership: International Perspectives / [ed] Daniel J. Watola & Allister MacIntyre, Kingston, Ontario: Canadian Defence Academy Press , 2017, 1, p. 203-216Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Kingston, Ontario: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2017 Edition: 1
Series
International Military Leadership Association Workshop
National Category
Other Engineering and Technologies Psychology
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-7153 (URN)9780660089881 (ISBN)
Available from: 2017-12-19 Created: 2017-12-19 Last updated: 2019-03-29Bibliographically approved
Alvinius, A., Ohlsson, A., Johansson, E. & Larsson, G. (2016). Höga chefers arbetstillfredsställelse: sammanfattning av en intervjustudie. Karlstad: Försvarshögskolan (FHS)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Höga chefers arbetstillfredsställelse: sammanfattning av en intervjustudie
2016 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Karlstad: Försvarshögskolan (FHS), 2016
Series
PM ISSL/LC ; 7-2016
National Category
Other Social Sciences Psychology
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6519 (URN)
Available from: 2017-01-12 Created: 2017-01-12 Last updated: 2017-01-16Bibliographically approved
Alvinius, A., Johansson, E. & Larsson, G. (2016). Negative organizations: antecedents of negative leadership. In: Daniel Watola & Dave Woycheshin (Ed.), Negative leadership: International perspecetives (pp. 57-74). Kingston, Kanada: Canadian Defence Academy Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Negative organizations: antecedents of negative leadership
2016 (English)In: Negative leadership: International perspecetives / [ed] Daniel Watola & Dave Woycheshin, Kingston, Kanada: Canadian Defence Academy Press , 2016, p. 57-74Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Kingston, Kanada: Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2016
National Category
Other Social Sciences
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6516 (URN)9780660062112 (ISBN)
Available from: 2017-01-12 Created: 2017-01-12 Last updated: 2018-01-16Bibliographically approved
Alvinius, A., Johansson, E. & Olstedt, E. (2016). Organizational Challenges in Hybrid Learning Environments: A Case Study of the Learning Environment at the Swedish Defence University - The Grey Area between Theory and Practice. Res Militaris, 6(2)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Organizational Challenges in Hybrid Learning Environments: A Case Study of the Learning Environment at the Swedish Defence University - The Grey Area between Theory and Practice
2016 (English)In: Res Militaris, E-ISSN 2265-6294, ISSN 2265-6294, Vol. 6, no 2Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Pedagogy
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6552 (URN)
Available from: 2017-01-17 Created: 2017-01-17 Last updated: 2017-08-29Bibliographically approved
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