INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND MILITARY PERFORMANCE,

Abstract

It is hypothesized that an individual's performance is related to his perception of the support available to him from others. This support may be in two forms: (1) emotional support, or (2) being supplied with goods and services. The basic premise underlying the theoretical position is that when an individual feels he has support available to him from other people, he is better able to tolerate stress and his performance will be maintained at a high level. Therefore, the aspect of the interpersonal relationship focused on in this study is the feeling of an individual that he has others to call on should he need their support. In basic training one important source of support is from squadmates. This research is a study of the effects on performance of the relationships of recruits to their squadmates.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0646048

Entities

People

  • Donald J. Collins
  • Kenneth M. Goldstein
  • Sheldon Blackman

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Training
  • Education
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Military Training
  • Perception
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.