The Role of the Primary Social Environment in Relation to Military Organisation: the Case of the Slovenian Armed Forces Cover Image

Vloga posameznikovega primarnega socialnega okolja v odnosu do vojaške organizacije: primer Slovenske vojske
The Role of the Primary Social Environment in Relation to Military Organisation: the Case of the Slovenian Armed Forces

Author(s): Jelena Juvan, Janja Vuga
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: motivation; family; primary social environment; international operations and missions; Slovenian Armed Forces

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the relationship between the family and military organisation. In the first section, the authors define the relationship between military organisation and the family based on theory of the military as a greedy institution and the theory of social support. In the second section, the authors focus on the case of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF). The analysis is based on data acquired through several studies by the Defence Research Centre focusing on the relationship between military organisation and the demands of the primary social environment. In the research, the primary social environment is represented by the members' partners, parents and friends. Their attitudes to work at the SAF and to deployments abroad influence not only the members' levels of satisfaction, but also their devotion and quality of work.

  • Issue Year: 27/2011
  • Issue No: 66
  • Page Range: 89-109
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Slovenian