Active Duty Military Deployments: A Respite from Job Stressors and Burnout for Air Force Acquisition Support Personnel

Abstract

To explore the possible respite effects of deployments, active duty Air Force acquisition support personnel who were either scheduled to deploy (n=74), or recently returned from deployment (n=34) were surveyed. Analysis of variance compared the pre- and post-deployment group's perceived levels of burnout, emotional exhaustion, role ambiguity, role conflict, self-efficacy, organizational commitment, contingent rewards, operating conditions, co-worker satisfaction, and overall job satisfaction. Although the results indicated the differences were not large enough to be significant, many of the variables behaved as hypothesized. Specifically, burnout, emotional exhaustion, role conflict, contingent rewards, and co-worker satisfaction were all higher in the post- deployment group. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423148

Entities

People

  • Tonya J. Bronson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Applied Psychology
  • Business Administration
  • Data Analysis
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Science
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Students

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.