From Combat to Khakis: An Exploratory Examination of Job Stress With Veterans

McAllister, Charn P.; Mackey, Jeremy D.; Hackney, Kaylee; Perrewé, Pamela L.

doi:10.1037/mil0000068

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“…According to McAllister et al . (), ‘identity strain’ in veterans may result from incongruence of military veterans’ identity and civilian work environments.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Military to civilian nurse: Personal and professional reconstruction

Elliott

Chargualaf

Patterson

2017

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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The global nursing profession, as well as healthcare organisations that employ nurse veterans, has a commitment and obligation to understand the transition process of nurses who practise within the scope of military nursing and later in civilian nursing environments so that they may be supported and used to the extent of their prior experience. Lessons learned and advice from this group of nurses may positively aid others in their transition experience.

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“…According to McAllister et al . (), ‘identity strain’ in veterans may result from incongruence of military veterans’ identity and civilian work environments.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Military to civilian nurse: Personal and professional reconstruction

Elliott

Chargualaf

Patterson

2017

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…However, previous studies have shown multiple challenges of veterans’ transition to civilian workforce, such as low education level, negative stigmas, mental issues, limitation of evaluating military experience from HR perspectives, and others. (Hunter‐Johnson, 2020; McAllister, Mackey, Hackney, & Perrewé, 2015; Minnis, 2017). In order to overcome the transitional challenges, as well as attract and maintain veterans in the civilian workforce, the present paper recommended strategies for recruiting, developing, engaging, and satisfying the veteran employees from HRD perspectives.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite the vast increase of veterans’ presence in the community with the expectation of being gainfully employed, one of their greatest challenges is finding a job upon their return. McAllister, Mackey, Hackney, and Perrewe (2015), echoed this sentiment and reported that for 44% of veterans, almost half, reintegration into the civilian workplace involves great difficulties. Despite the transitional challenges encountered by veterans coupled with negative stigmas associated with being a veteran, the veteran employee has often been classified as being equipped with a unique skill set, vast amount of training, experiences, impeccable work ethics, and personal characteristics (Minnis, 2017) which are beneficial to an organization.…”

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The Veteran Employees: Recruitment, Career Development, Engagement, and Job Satisfaction of Veterans Transitioning to the Civilian Workforce

Hunter-Johnson

Niu

Smith

et al. 2020

New Dir Adult Contin Educ

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The transitioning of veterans, specifically as mature workers, from the military world to the civilian world, and by extension, the civilian workforce is the ultimate career transition. Despite their motivation and resilience, veterans still encounter a multiplicity of challenges when transitioning to the civilian workforce, which quite often has a rippling impact on their attainment of employment, career development, employee engagement, and job satisfaction within the civilian sector. On this premise, the purpose of this conceptual paper is two‐fold: (a) discuss veterans’ career transitional challenges as civilian employees, specifically, recruitment, career development, engagement, and job satisfaction, and (b) from a Human Resource Development perspective, provide strategies, interventions, and/or best practices for recruiting, developing, engaging, and satisfying the veteran employee in the civilian workforce.

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“…Overall, reintegration of veterans into civilian society is acknowledged as highly important, and civil employment is a reintegration milestone. Research on veterans' reintegration into the workplace details the difficulties that nearly 44 percent of veterans face as they return to civilian employment (McAllister, Mackey, Hackney, & Perrewe, 2015). These employment difficulties can arise from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Kukla, Bonfils, & Salyers, 2015), from comorbidity of medical and mental health challenges (i.e., anxiety disorders), and from substance abuse problems (Humensky, Jordan, Stroupe, & Hynes, 2013) -conditions that have been documented as more prevalent in veteran than nonveteran populations.…”

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Assessing Workplace Perceptions of Military Veteran Compared to Nonveteran Employees

Yanchus¹,

Osatuke²,

Carameli³

et al. 2018

JVS

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Qualitative methods were used to examine differences in workplace perceptions between military veteran and nonveteran employees at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Prior research using employee satisfaction survey data found veteran employees reported a stronger connection to the organizational mission yet were overall less satisfied than nonveteran employees. The authors examined the open-text comments from that same survey to determine whether veteran employees identified the reasons for their discontent and whether these were similar to nonveterans' concerns. They found that in cases when veteran employees indicated dissatisfaction or concerns, favoritism/unfairness was an overarching theme in their comments, more so than for nonveterans. Pragmatically, given these findings, enhanced vocational strategies for veterans transitioning into civilian employment is one way to socialize them into the new requirements and thus improve veterans' workplace perceptions. Another approach is to develop organizational leaders' understanding of military skills and culture to enable a better use of veteran employees' strengths at civilian jobs.

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From Combat to Khakis: An Exploratory Examination of Job Stress With Veterans

Cited by 30 publications

References 40 publications

Military to civilian nurse: Personal and professional reconstruction

Military to civilian nurse: Personal and professional reconstruction

The Veteran Employees: Recruitment, Career Development, Engagement, and Job Satisfaction of Veterans Transitioning to the Civilian Workforce

Assessing Workplace Perceptions of Military Veteran Compared to Nonveteran Employees

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