Antecedents and outcomes of unit cohesion and affective commitment to the Army

Charbonneau, Danielle; Wood, Valerie M.

doi:10.1080/08995605.2017.1420974

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“…First, to maintain mutual social interactions with leaders, this kind of adaptive relation is based on military leadership in alleviating depression (47) since a strain with the leader will lead to soldiers having less support available to them, increasing social problems and damaging organizational morale and effectiveness, which may undermine mental health (22)(23)(24), including depressive symptoms (25,48,49). Additionally, the development of close social ties with peers is helpful in enhancing the sense of belonging and expanding the social networks or social support systems of soldiers; through this protective effect, these bonds with peers buffer depression and improve the mental health of soldiers as well as unit morale (50)(51)(52)(53)(54). Finally, a meta-analysis highlighted that, compared with other marital statuses, being married is a protective factor against depression (55) because family function and social support from family are negatively associated with depression in soldiers (56).…”

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Rejection Sensitivity Mediates the Relationship Between Social-Interpersonal Stressors and Depressive Symptoms in Military Context

Jia

Cheng

et al. 2020

Front. Psychiatry

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Background: Depression is pervasive in the military context and is likely to elicit lasting negative effects on health. Based on interpersonal models, social-interpersonal stressors are significantly associated with the development and maintenance of depression. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which these stressors increase the risk of depression in terms of social relationships. Rejection sensitivity, which refers to people who are sensitive to social rejection and tend to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact to it, may play an underlying role in this process, as it is formed through social-interpersonal stressors and then aggravates further symptoms of depression. Objectives: The current study aimed to examine the mediating effects on the relationship between social-interpersonal stressors and depressive symptoms in the military context. Methods: This study recruited 600 soldiers aged from 17 to 36 (M = 21.80; SD = 2.99; 100% males) with a cluster sampling method who completed Social-Interpersonal Stressors subscale, Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ), and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Mediation analyses examined the underlying mechanism between social-interpersonal stressors and depressive symptoms. Results: The results support the hypothesis and indicate that rejection sensitivity mediates the association between social-interpersonal stressors and depressive symptoms (B indirect = 0.02, p < 0.001, 95% CI= 0.005 to 0.044). Conclusions: The findings suggest that interventions designed to desensitize individuals' high levels of rejection sensitivity may help to decrease their risk of depressive symptoms in the military environment. Rejection sensitivity is an important mechanism underpinning the development of depressive symptoms. Other theoretical and applied implications for prevention of depressive symptoms in the military context are discussed.

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Rejection Sensitivity Mediates the Relationship Between Social-Interpersonal Stressors and Depressive Symptoms in Military Context

Jia

Cheng

et al. 2020

Front. Psychiatry

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“…Maintaining a soldier's morale to maintain and improve esprit de corps will be able to reduce soldier's desertion intentions [30]. Emotional attachment as an indicator of esprit de corps has a strong influence on the level of desertion intention of soldiers [31]. In the civil war in Syria, there were many desertions due to psychological social factors, more because of morality.…”

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“…Spiritual leadership directly influences spiritual well-being or esprit de corps [34]. Emotional attachment as an indicator of esprit de corps has a strong influence on the level of desertion intention of soldiers [31]. From the description of the results of previous research and theoretical studies and the current state of conditions that leadership variables and esprit de corps as independent variables that may influence desertion intentions, hypotheses can be arranged as follows:…”

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Evolution of Leadership in Esprit De Corps: Evidence from military organization

Affandi¹,

Akbar²,

Purwana³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Administration Science (ICAS 2019)

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Military problems throughout the world are the presence of members in their units. The presence of personnel in units, especially in carrying out basic tasks, is in the military. Absence without permission, or called desertion, is considered illegal, which is one of the crimes regulated by law. Esprit de corps is the unit spirit which functions as a member of the unit. Esprit de corps was built since the recruitment process. Leadership plays an important role in maintaining esprit de corps unit strength. The unit's adherence to its members is expected to be able to suppress the intention of deserting unit members. This quantitative study aims to empirically determine what factors directly influence member desertion intentions. By using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) estimation technique on 300 respondents who are Navy soldiers, the results show that esprit de corps is the most significant variable to reduce desertion intentions. Indicators of more unit values provide the most powerful influence in explaining esprit de corps. Leadership is also like that but not as strong as esprit de corps. What's interesting is the influence of leadership is very strong against esprit de corps. Attention to members through direct communication is a very strong indicator of leadership in increasing unit esprit de corps.

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“…In the period of 2013 -2015, SAA (Syrian Arab Army) had experienced chaos by the high rate of military desertion caused by the low esprit de corps of soldiers due to stress and mental stress (Ripley, 2017). Emotional attachment as an indicator of esprit de corps has a strong influence on the level of desertion intention of soldiers (Charbonneau & Wood, 2018). In the civil war in Syria, there were many desertions due to psychological social factors, more because of morality.…”

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Esprit de Corps and Desertion Intention in Indonesian Navy

Affandi¹,

Akbar²,

Purwana³

2018

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Losing members due to death in battle or desertion from their units is detrimental to the military unit. Both will interfere with the implementation of the overall task. Killed in battle were recorded as a hero and desertion was classified as an unlawful act. The desires of desertion of soldiers must be sought to be prevented, and become part of the task of the unit commander. Likewise, the work environment must be improved so that soldiers become comfortable in working or esprit de corps as a spirit of unity must be maintained and enhanced as the pride of the corps that is able to bind members in a single unit. This quantitative study aims to empirically determine what factors directly influence the level of desertion intention of the soldier. By using structural equation modeling (SEM) estimation techniques on 302 Navy soldiers. The results of processing existing data found that esprit de corps is a very central aspect in an effort to reduce desertion intentions. Leadership also has a significant negative direct effect, although it is not as strong as esprit de corps, while the quality of work life has a direct but not significant negative effect on desertion intentions. It is interesting that the influence of leadership on esprit de corps is very significant. Leadership that pays attention to members through direct communication is capable of increasing unit esprit de corps.

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Antecedents and outcomes of unit cohesion and affective commitment to the Army

Cited by 35 publications

References 47 publications

Rejection Sensitivity Mediates the Relationship Between Social-Interpersonal Stressors and Depressive Symptoms in Military Context

Rejection Sensitivity Mediates the Relationship Between Social-Interpersonal Stressors and Depressive Symptoms in Military Context

Evolution of Leadership in Esprit De Corps: Evidence from military organization

Esprit de Corps and Desertion Intention in Indonesian Navy

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