Soldier's Expectancies, Implications for Recruitment and Job Satisfaction

Abstract

The Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) started recruiting professional soldiers as late as 1992. Up to that time the organization depended on enlisted men. In 1996 the last enlisted men left the army and since that time the RNLA depends on recruitment of young men and women. The image of the soldiers job is, we believe, an important predictor of intention to work for the army as a soldier (propensity). Therefor it is important to know what young people in the Netherlands think this job is like and how these expectancies are related to their behavior. Also expectancies about a job influence attrition and job satisfaction. This paper uses results of several studies to describe the image of the soldiers job and its effects on recruitment, early attrition and job satisfaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA362281

Entities

People

  • Renier Van Gelooven

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Attrition
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Education
  • Human Behavior
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Leadership
  • Military Training
  • Netherlands
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Physical Activity
  • Psychology
  • Recruits
  • Regression Analysis
  • Teamwork
  • Training

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  • Naval Personnel Management
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