| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 68 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"National Defense Research Institute." |
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"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-68). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- What Is Sense of Community? -- The Importance of Sense of Community -- How to Increase Sense of Community and Commitment -- Subgroups with Specific Sense of Community Concerns -- Four Kinds of Communities -- Studying Sense of Community in the Military -- Avoiding Possible Adverse Consequences of Increasing Sense of Community -- Conclusions. |
| Summary |
A universally accepted definition of what a sense of community is remains elusive, but policymakers agree that increasing that sense has tangible benefits for the U.S. military in improvements to commitment, performance, retention, and readiness. This report examines the role of the Defense Department's personnel support programs and focuses on nine tools for increasing sense of community: group symbols, rewards and honors, common external threat, making military membership attractive, group size and individuality, personal influence, personal investment, contact and proximity, and group activities. The report also analyzes which groups would most benefit from programs to increase a sense of community and how to avoid pitfalls when attempting to increase that sense. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Military social work.
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Military social work. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Van Laar, Colette. Increasing a sense of community in the military. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1999 0833027476 (DLC) 99023520 (OCoLC)41256208 |
| ISBN |
0585235058 (electronic book) |
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9780585235059 (electronic book) |
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9780833027474 |
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0833027476 |
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