Work-family spillover in the Spanish armed forces

Escarda, María Gómez; Arroyo, Yolanda Agudo; Redondo, Rubén José Pérez

doi:10.1080/13668803.2020.1771284

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“…In addition, the reliability and predictability of work schedules can also be highly variable. Operational demands and deployment represent unique challenges that may contribute to turnover intentions if they reduce the family and non-work opportunities for the individual service member and create negative spillover effects (Escarda et al 2020). Having a high degree of predictability and lower levels of work-life conflict are assumed to be associated with a reduction in turnover intentions, but evidence supporting this proposition is mixed.…”

Section: Flexible Hours Predictability and Work-life Conflictmentioning

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Examining the roots of turnover intentions in the Royal Norwegian Navy, the role of embeddedness, work-life conflict and predictability

Nordmo,

Norrøne,

Nikolaisen

et al. 2023

Journal of Military Studies

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Retaining qualified personnel is a priority for armed forces, and turnover presents a serious problem. This study uses job embeddedness theory to investigate embeddedness factors, predictability and work–life conflict as predictors of turnover intentions in commissioned officers (COs) and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) in the Royal Norwegian Navy. The study posits that career prospects, community fit, organisational fit and organisational links embed personnel and are associated with a reduction in turnover intentions. In addition, the study proposes a mechanism whereby personnel who experience a predictable work schedule have better work–life balance and subsequently lower turnover intentions. Predictability in turn is hypothesised to be associated with the possibility of flexible hours. Using structural equation modelling, we find that embeddedness factors predicted turnover intentions for both personnel categories, but career prospects were the only significant embeddedness factor for NCOs. Predictability was associated with a reduction in turnover intentions via work–life conflict for both groups. In addition, flexible hours showed an effect on work–life conflict for both groups, but through different mechanisms. Overall, the results point to differential actions to reduce turnover between COs and NCOs in the armed forces and conclude with a priority list for actions to reduce turnover in each personnel group.

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Section: Flexible Hours Predictability and Work-life Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the roots of turnover intentions in the Royal Norwegian Navy, the role of embeddedness, work-life conflict and predictability

Nordmo,

Norrøne,

Nikolaisen

et al. 2023

Journal of Military Studies

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The role of military morale as an essential dimension of combat power

Șerban

2024

Security and Defence Quarterly

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This paper focuses on the principles and values that guide human behaviour as well as judgements about what is considered ethical. The objectives of this analysis are threefold: (1) to explore the role of morale as an essential dimension of combat power, (2) to identify perceptions and representations related to the importance of military morale in managing stress during wartime or on a field mission, and (3) to identify possible ways to improve the resilience of military personnel deployed on the battlefield within the organisational culture. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach, including qualitative methodologies to examine the role and impact of psychological training and self-confidence in military settings along with quantitative methodologies that include specific questions regarding demographics and military experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty-two military personnel with direct experience in missions, conflict zones, or theatres of operations. Soldiers’ perceptions, formed by their states of necessity and subjective character, contribute to satisfaction, shaping the scope of motivation, and confirming that soldiers’ morale directly influences their actions on the battlefield. Accomplishing a mission requires not only the precise definition of objectives and the provision of the necessary tools but also an appeal to factors that stimulate, raise awareness, and activate personnel. The findings reveal measures that can be taken to manage stress in combat, including subjective ones, deriving from the military’s confidence and conviction in the legitimacy of the cause and the justice of the war, group integration, personal beliefs and hopes as well as objective ones, such as external mass influences, the media or the states involved, which affect the security of the military. The results of the study emphasise the importance of the initial training of the military at individual and group levels, or under leadership of superiors, together with the solidarity of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Union member states in supporting the families of the military and improving their situation from various perspectives: economic, material, orale, civil protection, and child protection.

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Una aproximación al perfil formativo/laboral de las parejas de los militares en el modelo tradicional (mujer civil-hombre militar)

Gómez Escarda,

Agudo Arroyo,

García Fernández

2023

Sociol. trab

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En el presente artículo se parte de la teoría del spillover entre trabajo-familia para analizar la situación formativa/laboral de las parejas de los militares en el modelo tradicional (mujer civil-hombre militar). La profesión militar se considera de alta exigencia debido al tiempo y condiciones de trabajo y a la movilidad geográfica, ya sea de corta o de larga duración. Las repercusiones en la vida personal, laboral y familiar de los militares y sus parejas son diversas. A partir de datos extraídos del Movimiento Natural de Población sobre matrimonios del INE y una encuesta realizada a las parejas de los militares se muestra una aproximación al perfil formativo/laboral de las mujeres parejas de militares en el modelo tradicional y se describen algunas de las repercusiones de la movilidad geográfica en su situación laboral actual y en sus trayectorias.

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Work-family spillover in the Spanish armed forces

Cited by 3 publications

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Examining the roots of turnover intentions in the Royal Norwegian Navy, the role of embeddedness, work-life conflict and predictability

Examining the roots of turnover intentions in the Royal Norwegian Navy, the role of embeddedness, work-life conflict and predictability

The role of military morale as an essential dimension of combat power

Una aproximación al perfil formativo/laboral de las parejas de los militares en el modelo tradicional (mujer civil-hombre militar)

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