1. What Factors Influenced Turkish Military Officers’ and NCOs’ Motivation to Serve Prior to the July 2016 Coup Attempt?
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Ugur Orak, Cihan Aydiner, and Ozgur Solakoglu
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021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,Sociology and Political Science ,Turkish ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Military institution ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,Public relations ,language.human_language ,0506 political science ,Extant taxon ,Political science ,050602 political science & public administration ,language ,NCOS ,business ,Safety Research ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) - Abstract
Motivation is a key factor for the military institution to accomplish its goals. Extant academic research, however, has generally focused on the combat motivation and the motivation to serve has been understudied. This study examines the motivation to serve and its predictors among Turkish military officers and NCOs. The aim of the current study is 2-fold: (1) to test the effectiveness of measures proposed by previous studies in Turkish Armed Forces and (2) to build on the existing body of knowledge by showing the impacts of perceived fairness and satisfaction with social benefits. Survey data, which were conducted only 2 months before the coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, were used to assess the motivation. Findings revealed that institutional and moral commitments, organizational responsiveness, perceived fairness, and satisfaction with social benefits were positive significant determinants of motivation to serve, while occupational commitment had a negative relationship with it.
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- 2019
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