Motivation of Men and Women to Join the Armed Forces

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Result on the web

<a href="https://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/icgr/article/view/1011/993" target="_blank" >https://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/icgr/article/view/1011/993</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/icgr.6.1.1011" target="_blank" >10.34190/icgr.6.1.1011</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Motivation of Men and Women to Join the Armed Forces

Original language description

The armed forces are traditionally the domain of men, however, in recent decades this trend has changed slightly - there has also been an interest from the women ́s side in entering the field of the national defence. The article is based on the practice of the Czech Armed Forces, where the representation of women has been relatively stable for many years - around 13%. The purpose of the article was to find out how significantly selected factors reflecting the specifics of the military profession motivate young men and women to join the army, and on the contrary, discourage them from doing so. The aim was then to identify whether there are differences between motivational aspects of men and women. The data was obtained in the form of a semi-structured questionnaire, which was completed by 179 respondents – the first-yearmilitary students of the University of Defence, the only military institution of higher education of the Czech Armed Forces. No statistically significant difference was found between the motivation of men and women based on their perception of financial evaluation, employee benefits and position of the Czech Armed Forces in society. However, for several factors notable differences were recorded. Participation in foreign military missions, working with military technology, working in the field, interest in history and interest in warfare play more important role in motivation to join the army for male soldiers than for female soldiers, while women are proven to be motivated by interpersonal relations more than men. Moreover, in relation to aspects causing demotivation from joining the army, female soldiers tend to be discouraged by risk of injury, risk of loss of life, possibility of being sent to a foreign military operation and fear of bullying much more than male soldiers.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gender Research

ISBN

978-1-914587-63-4

ISSN

2516-2802

e-ISSN

2516-2810

Number of pages

322

Pages from-to

37-46

Publisher name

Academic Conferences International Limited

Place of publication

Reading, United Kingdom

Event location

Derry - Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Event date

Apr 20, 2023

Type of event by nationality

CST - Celostátní akce

UT code for WoS article

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