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Co-ordinator: Tibor Szvircsev Tresch,
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Papers presented at the 10th ERGOMAS conference in Stockholm, June 22-26, 2009.
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- Christopher Dandeker (
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) (King's College, London, UK). The British Army's Recruitment and Retention problems: Retrospect and Prospect 1957 to 2009
- Erik Kopac (
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) (Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenia). 1. Interest of Slovene youth for military service: Time perspective. 2. Satisfaction with professional military service: Case study of Slovenia
- Erik Hedlund (
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) (Swedish National Defence College, Sweden). The selection and recruitment of the Swedish soldier for international service
- Bohuslav Pernica and Tomáš Zipfel (
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) (University of Defense, Czech Republic). Czech Armed Forces Professionalization versus Labour Market
- Tibor Szvircsev Tresch (
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) (Swiss Military Academy at the ETH, Zurich, Switzerland). Recruitment of military professionals by European all-volunteer forces as exemplified by Belgium, the Netherlands and Slovenia
- Georges Kaffes (
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) (Hellenic Army Academy, Greece). Survey about the foreign cadet's integration in the Hellenic Army Academy
- Mariusz Wachowicz (
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) (Military Office for Social Research, Poland). Factors of Retention in Private Corps in Poland
- Marcin Sinczuch (
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) (Military Office for Social Research, Poland). Between myths and pragmatism - attitudes towards military service and institutions among Polish youth
- Johan Österberg (
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) (Swedish National Defence College, Sweden). Conscripts willingness to sign up for international military service
- Beatriz Frieyro de Lara (
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) (University of Grenada, Spain). Professionalization Process of the Spanish Armed Forces
- Christian Leuprecht (
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) (Military College of Canada). The demographic economy of national defence: Turning "the problem" into part of the solution
- Thomas Bulmahn & Victoria Wieninger (
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) (Sozialwissenschaftliche Institut der Bundeswehr, SOWI, Germany). Findings of an annual youth study: Young Germans awareness of the Bundeswehr as a potential employer
Short draft description of the new WG "Recruitment and Retention"
As compulsory military service was abolished in Belgium in 1993 and the Netherlands in 1996 the aspect of voluntary service in Europe became increasingly recognised. Through this European armed forces have faced new challenges in the field of recruitment and retention. These can be described on a social and economical level. Socially, the demographic change of the European society is a major factor. Furthermore the change of values in society is influencing the way on how the armed forces are accepted and on how the gap between existing social values and military culture is increasing.
On the economic level the armed forces are confronted with the present employment situation. They have to face the free market and compete with private industry for suitable human recourses. Hereby they can often only offer inadequate financial and non monetary incentives. This competition is enhanced through low unemployment and strong economy and makes successful recruitment and retention even more difficult.
For the Working Group "Recruitment and Retention" of ERGOMAS the following questions could be guiding as starting point: How successful is the recruitment of new professional military personnel in European armed forces? What incentives have to be provided to provide an adequate number of volunteers for the military profession? What advertising strategies do the armed forces implement for successful recruitment? How successful is the retention of military personnel? What incentives have to be provided that military personnel prolong their first term contracts?
The idea of the new WG is besides working on national case studies also implementing an international comparative analysis. The goal is to give lessons learned for responsible persons for recruitment and retention in the different European armed forces, if there are all-volunteer forces or conscript armies. The WG is open for all interested researchers.
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