TY  - GEN
T1  - Increasing a sense of community in the military : the role of personnel support programs
A1  - Van Laar, Colette
LA  - English
PP  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
YR  - 1999
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm45730841
AB  - 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.
OP  - 68
NO  - "National Defense Research Institute."
NO  - "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
CN  - UH755 .V35 1999eb
SN  - 0585235058
SN  - 9780585235059
SN  - 9780833027474
SN  - 0833027476
KW  - Military social work.
KW  - Service social militaire.
KW  - HISTORY : Military : General.
KW  - Military social work
KW  - Militär
KW  - Gemeinschaftsgefühl
ER  -