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Military Retention. A Comparative Outlook
Military Retention. A Comparative Outlook

Author(s): Vasile Sminchise
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, General Reference Works
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: military retention; recruitment & retention; retirement; pay; benefits; morale; military career

Summary/Abstract: One of the main goals for human resources management structures and for armed forces leaders is to maintain all necessary personnel, both qualitatively and quantitatively for operational needs or for full required capabilities. The retention of military personnel is essential to keep morale and unit readiness and to reduce the costs for recruiting,training, replacement of manpower. Retention rates depend not only on money or other social measures. The goal for retention is to keep in use the most valuable resource that belongs to an organization: the human beings and their knowledge. The aim pf this paper is to provide a comparative analysis of retention measures in various countries based on Research and Technology Organisation report released in 2007 and, thus, provide more examples of retention measures as far as the Romanian military system is concerned.

  • Issue Year: 7/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-98
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English