Motivation of Men and Women to Join the Armed Forces

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Motivation of Men and Women to Join the Armed Forces

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Motivation of Men and Women to Join the Armed Forces

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

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

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Gender Research

ISBN

978-1-914587-63-4

ISSN

2516-2802

e-ISSN

2516-2810

Počet stran výsledku

322

Strana od-do

37-46

Název nakladatele

Academic Conferences International Limited

Místo vydání

Reading, United Kingdom

Místo konání akce

Derry - Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Datum konání akce

20. 4. 2023

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

CST - Celostátní akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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