Muslims in the United States Military : A Role Theory Analysis of Conflict and Integration.

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis was to look for the existence of role conflict in Muslim military members. Both the military and Islam were argued to be "greedy institutions" (Coser 1974) in that each demands its members to enact "master statuses" (Hughes 1945: 357). This thesis focuses on three potential areas in an effort to determine the existence of role conflict: military policies, military chaplains, and Muslim military members. Although evidence was found of role conflict, many Muslim military members were able to integrate these two roles by viewing their work as a calling or looking forward to opportunities to change existing policies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 07, 1999
Accession Number
ADA359052

Entities

People

  • Gina D. Swanson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chaplains
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Minority Groups
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Societies
  • Sociology
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.