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    Why Women Join the Military: Enlistment Decisions and Postdeployment Experiences of Service Members and Veterans

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    Authors
    Mankowski, Mariann
    Tower, Leslie E.
    Brandt, Cynthia A.
    Mattocks, Kristin M.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2015-10-01
    Keywords
    Adult
    *Career Choice
    Female
    Humans
    Interviews as Topic
    Middle Aged
    Military Personnel
    Motivation
    Qualitative Research
    Veterans
    Women
    female service members
    military
    reintegration
    women’s employment
    Psychology
    Sociology
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sw/swv035
    Abstract
    Over the past three decades women's enlistment has continued to increase. In an effort to help social workers better meet the needs of female veterans, this study sought to learn women's enlistment motivations and postdeployment experiences. This qualitative study was nested within the Women Veterans Cohort Study. Using a semistructured interview guide, authors interviewed 18 enlisted female service members and veterans. The themes that emerged, based on grounded theory, included not only opportunity and calling, but also outcomes. Unexpectedly, enlistment resulted in a professional military career, with over half of the participants making the military their life's work. Further study on the motivation, retention, and the reintegration needs of women postmilitary is necessary, particularly with military recruitment targets of 20 percent women by the year 2020 and the increased awareness of the military as a potentially hostile work environment for women.
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    Soc Work. 2015 Oct;60(4):315-23. doi: 10.1093/sw/swv035. Link to article on publisher's website
    DOI
    10.1093/sw/swv035
    Permanent Link to this Item
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30641
    PubMed ID
    26489352
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    10.1093/sw/swv035
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