Burnout in the Armed Forces: Communication, Satisfaction, and Commitment

摘要

Now, more than ever, the military faces problems maintaining an effectivefighting force, primarily as a result of the dramatic reduction in force size and a significant increase in real world missions. As the armed forces becomes smaller and tries to do more with less, units are kept deployed for greater lengths of time in order to keep their combat skills finely tuned, as well as training for new missions in previously untrained areas, such as the peacekeeping and humanitarian roles the armed forces has most recently assumed. The end result of these monumental changes is that soldiers of all ranks and services are increasingly susceptible to the dangers of burnout. The purpose of this paper is to construct and test a model that demonstrates how and why burnout occurs in a military setting.