Search for dissertations about: "military recruitment"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words military recruitment.

2. 1. Essays on military labour supply in the era of voluntary recruitment

   Author : Peter Bäckström; Gauthier Lanot; Niklas Hanes; Stephanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conscription; enlistment test; fixed effects model; military labour market; military labour supply; military recruitment; recruitment; Roy model; self-selection; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory part and two self-contained chapters related to the supply of volunteers to the Swedish Armed Forces.Chapter [I] represents the first effort to explore the relationship between civilian labour market conditions and the supply of labour to the military in the all-volunteer environment that Sweden entered after the abolishment of the peacetime draft in 2010. READ MORE

4. 2. Empirical essays on military service and the labour market

   Author : Peter Bäckström; Gauthier Lanot; Niklas Hanes; Paul Bingley; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Military recruitment; military labour market; military veterans; peacekeeping; earnings; labour market marginalisation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers that study empirical questions related to military service and the labour market.Paper [I] studies the relationship between civilian labour market conditions and the number of people who volunteer for military service in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 3. (Re)Inventing the Armed Forces: A Governmentality Analysis of Swedish Military Marketing and Outreach in the Era of Voluntarism

   Author : Sanna Strand; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civil-military relations; Governmentality; Gender exceptionalism; Military recruitment; Military identity; Public relations;

   Abstract : In 2010, Sweden abandoned its century-old military conscription in favour of an All-Volunteer Force (AVF). The Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) was now exposed to competition over labour, and soldiering was no longer a duty connected to male citizenship. It was a job among many. READ MORE

6. 4. We want you as our new recruit : Prerequisites for recruitment to and retention in the Swedish Armed Forces

   Author : Johan Österberg; Leif W Rydstedt; Olav Kjellevold Olsen; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conscription; recruitment; all-volunteer force; retention; Swedish Armed Forces; Psykologi; Psychology; Ledarskap under påfrestande förhållanden;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to study the prerequisites for the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) in order to recruit sufficient numbers of suitable individuals to the organization, and to retain those within the organization.The thesis comprises three studies (Study 1-3) where Study One comprises data gathered, with a longitudinal design, when Sweden relied on conscription for the manning of the Armed Forces. READ MORE

7. 5. Why Sweden Suspended Military Service : The Policy Process from 1990 to 2009

   Author : Mårten Lindberg; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Military service; deinstitutionalisation; Sweden; Moderate Party; Social Democratic Party; issue-reputation;

   Abstract : For little more than a century military service enacted Swedish values of equality, solidarity and doing one's part for the public good. What started out at as mere military recruitment policy in 1901 developed into an institutional feature of Swedish society: appreciated by society, the conscripts, the Armed Forces and by political parties to the left and the right. READ MORE