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Meaning of working and expectations: a research on professional soldier candidates in Turkey

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  • Ugur Berk

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Previous studies on the relationship between individual’s enlistment decisions and their personal characteristics examined a number of variables such as age, marital status, gender, family background, geographical background, employment situation and education level. However, attitudes towards working, expectations from a good job and centrality of working are also important determinants in this process. This paper examines the profile of juveniles who seek a career as gendarmerie non-commissioned officers (NCO) in the Turkish Armed Forces and their attitudes and expectations towards working in general within the framework of Meaning of Working (MOW) researches. According to the results of the survey conducted with 500 NCO candidates in Turkey, learning something new, good relations with colleagues and employment guarantee are detected as the main expectations of juveniles who seek a career in military. Results also show that having a job is so important for these young people that they consider having a job even prior to their families.

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  • Ugur Berk, 2018. "Meaning of working and expectations: a research on professional soldier candidates in Turkey," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(5), pages 525-540, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:29:y:2018:i:5:p:525-540
    DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2016.1186405
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