Dynamic Intersection of Military and Society

Shields, Patricia M.

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“…Thus, we sampled a larger, civilian population of men. The military interacts frequently with civilians, and civilians’ attitudes toward women in the military help form the underlying cultural framework by which to understand those interactions as the norms and ideologies interact ( Shields, 2020 ). Indeed, civilians’ attitudes toward women in the military can inform policies and programs delivered to increase representation (e.g., Harel-Shalev, 2021 ).…”

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Attitudes towards women in the military and their relation to both quantity and quality contact with female leaders

Nicol,

Mayrand Nicol

2024

Front. Psychol.

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Contact experiences with women in senior leadership roles are important for creating acceptance of women in organizations dominated by men, such as the military, as leadership roles are considered demanding, requiring numerous agentic qualities that are often ascribed to men. The military lacks women in leadership levels within its organization. We wished to determine whether quality and quantity contact with women in leadership positions reduces intergroup anxiety, increases empathy and perspective-taking, and subsequently creates more favorable attitudes toward women in the military. This was examined in three studies, one with a military sample consisting of men (n = 95), another with a civilian sample of men (n = 367), and a third study with a civilian sample of women (n = 374). Our findings revealed that quality contact was related to attitudes toward women in the military for all three samples. Results from the indirect effects tests conducted for the civilian male and female samples revealed that for civilian men, intergroup anxiety demonstrated a significant indirect effect between quantity contact and attitudes toward women in the military, while both intergroup anxiety and perspective-taking demonstrated significant indirect effects between quality contact and attitudes toward women in the military. Furthermore, both quantity and quality contact demonstrated significant direct effects. On the other hand, results revealed that for civilian women the only significant relation was the direct effect between quality contact and attitudes toward women in the military. Intergroup anxiety, perspective-taking, and empathy did not demonstrate any indirect effects for the civilian women sample. Thus, given that interactions with women in leadership positions are related to views of women in the military, research should further explore the role of contact for women in non-traditional work roles.

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Attitudes towards women in the military and their relation to both quantity and quality contact with female leaders

Nicol,

Mayrand Nicol

2024

Front. Psychol.

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“… 6. See Shields (2020) for a discussion of topics most often included under the umbrella of military and society. …”

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How Afghanistan Influenced the Content of Armed Forces & Society: An Editor’s Reflection

Shields

2022

Armed Forces & Society

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This commentary examines the influence of the Afghanistan war on the content of Armed Forces & Society. My 20-year tenure as editor of Armed Forces & Society overlaps completely with the war. Using the lenses of the postmodern or post-Cold War military, I reflect on how the articles of this journal were influenced by the war. The postmodern military relies more heavily on volunteers, is more likely to engage in unconventional missions, and more likely to use multinational forces. I found an increase in articles devoted to reserve forces and contractors. In addition, many articles investigated the unique management challenges of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The multiple deployments and brutal nature of the war led to a large increase in health/mental health articles and also contributed to changes in the scope of the military family and veterans’ literature. The limited civil–military relations literature was affected indirectly.

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Militär und Medien

Virchow

2023

Militärsoziologie – Eine Einführung

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Dynamic Intersection of Military and Society

Cited by 11 publications

References 111 publications

Attitudes towards women in the military and their relation to both quantity and quality contact with female leaders

Attitudes towards women in the military and their relation to both quantity and quality contact with female leaders

How Afghanistan Influenced the Content of Armed Forces & Society: An Editor’s Reflection

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