Becoming Brass: Task-Related and Contextual Components of Military Officer Jobs

Geraghty, Brendan J.; Collins, Judith M.

doi:10.1207/s15327876mp1504_1

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“…The aim of this stress inoculation training (SIT; Meichenbaum, 1985) is to prevent maladjustment by fostering 12th graders' feelings of self-efficacy and by promoting their coping skills. The program focuses on adjustment to basic training for two reasons: (a) if the recruit will not adjust well to basic training, his survival in the military service is questionable; (b) within several months after enlistment, new determinants of recruit satisfaction and motivation start to play a role, such as unit cohesion (Griffith, 2002) and contextual components (& Collins, 2003). Program components are listed in Table 1.…”

Section: Transition To Military Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Longitudinal Evaluation of a Preparation Program for Mandatory Military Service

Israelashvili

Wegman-Rozi

2007

Military Psychology

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This multivariate longitudinal study explored the relative contribution of 12th-grade students' (a) participation in a preparation program for mandatory military service, (b) feelings of adjustment at high school, and (c) perceptions of school climate to their evaluation of the program's impact on them, as well as to their later adjustment to military service. The sample included 247 male and female 12th graders, divided into an intervention group and a control group. The intervention group participated in a 10-meeting preparation program focusing on the enhancement of empowerment feelings regarding entrance into military service. We conducted measurements at three points in time: (a) before exposure to the preparation program, (b) after exposure to the preparation program, and (c) 6-12 months after military enlistment. Research findings supported the notion that the preparation program had a short-term impact on students' feelings of preparedness for military service. Activities in which students were directly exposed to military life or to Army representatives gained more positive evaluations. But some of the activities conducted by school staff were also positively related to the overall evaluation of the program's contribution to preparedness. However, in the long run, students' later military adjustment was not related to participation in the preparation program but rather to their pre-intervention attitudes toward military enlistment as well as their preliminary general feeling of adjustment. Altogether, study findings indicate that the preparation program had a positive impact mainly for those students who manage well in high school before enlistment. Hence, it is suggested that efforts to foster school-to-Army transition should unfold in a three-step process: (a) preliminary screening for maladaptive behavior, (b) pre-enlistment preparation, and (c) post-enlistment support to all recruits.

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Section: Transition To Military Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Longitudinal Evaluation of a Preparation Program for Mandatory Military Service

Israelashvili

Wegman-Rozi

2007

Military Psychology

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“…Finally, Geraghty and Collins (2003) identified potential contextual predictors of job performance for military officers. Data were collected from 105 Irish Defense Forces officers.…”

Section: Ocb In Military Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Some Possible Antecedents of Military Personnel Organizational Citizenship Behavior

Gürbüz¹

2009

Military Psychology

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Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) describes actions in which employees are willing to go above and beyond their prescribed role requirements. Little or no attention has been paid to the OCB from military perspective. The purpose of this article is to investigate job satisfaction, organizational commitment, organizational justice, and trust in supervisor as the potential antecedents of OCB in a military setting. The research hypotheses are tested using sample data collected from 301 military personnel. The proposed antecedents were positively related to OCB. Yet, hierarchical regression analysis reveals that job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and trust in supervisor account for unique variances in OCB of the military personnel. Implications for the theory and practice of OCB are discussed, limitations of the study are discussed, and future research directions offered.

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“…Given the importance of citizenship performance to military enlisted jobs and all types of civilian jobs, it is surprising that there is so little published research on citizenship performance in military officer jobs (two dissertations have examined citizenship performance among Army officers or West Point cadets; Grojean, 2002;Leboeuf, 1995). Geraghty and Collins (2003) noted that military officer jobs involve citizenship behaviors that are relevant to almost every job (e.g., altruism, courtesy, personal discipline), as well as supervisory citizenship behaviors such as motivating and supporting others.…”

Section: Citizenship Performancementioning

confidence: 99%