Re-enlistment in the Swedish Armed Forces – individual motives and driving forces
2016 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
As many other armed forces, the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) is having a difficult time recruiting a sufficient number of soldiers. The turn-over rate is high as well as the cost for recruiting and training soldiers, should they leave the SAF immediately (after basic training) or after a shorter period of employment. This has brought attention to the issue of re-enlistment and the need to understand what factors impact soldiers’ willingness to re-enlist to the SAF. The aim of the study is to investigate the motives and driving forces that make soldiers inclined to re-enlist within the SAF. Interviews are conducted with about 20 re-enlisted soldiers from three different units. A grounded-theory approach will be used to analyse the data. At the time of the conference the data analysis will be completed and the results will be presented.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2016.
National Category
Psychology
Research subject
Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6684OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-6684DiVA, id: diva2:1089261
Conference
The 58th conference International Military Testing Association, New Delhi, India
2017-04-192017-04-192017-06-20Bibliographically approved