Research Catalog

Title

How deployments affect service members / James Hosek, Jennifer Kavanagh, Laura Miller.

Author

Hosek, James R.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Miller, Laura L., 1967-
• Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981-
• Rand Corporation.

Description

xxv, 124 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

To offer insights into the challenges faced by active-duty service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and their families in coping with these challenges, and the adequacy of defense manpower policy in assisting members and families, this monograph draws on the perspectives of economics, sociology, and psychology; provides a formal model of deployment and retention; reviews published work; reports on the results of focus groups conducted in each of the services; and presents findings from an analysis of survey data.

Subject

• Deployment (Strategy)
• United States > Recruiting, enlistment, etc
• United States > Personnel management

Note

• "MG-432."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the internet.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Research approaches to deployment and retention -- Focus group findings : stresses and benefits of deployments -- Analysis of survey data : higher-than-usual stress, reenlistment intention, and deployments -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Expected-utility model of deployment with quadratic utility -- Means and regressions -- Distribution of number of times service members reported working longer than the usual duty-day.

ISBN

0833038680 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005029107

OCLC

62084269

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library