Summary information

Study title

The Effects of Cohesion of Small Groups on Attitude and Conduct of Soldiers

Creator

Forschungsinstitut für Soziologie, Universität zu Köln

Study number / PID

ZA0086, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0086 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

The content of the study is two-part: 1. Attitude of members of the Federal German Armed Forces to the Federal German Armed Forces. 2. Group cohesion. Topics: Image of the Federal German Armed Forces (semantic differential); satisfaction in the Federal German Armed Forces and judgement on leadership style; image of the Federal German Armed Forces as employer for professional soldiers; recommended advertising measures to recruit volunteers; evaluation of training opportunities in the Federal German Armed Forces and the education status of junior officers; relationship with superiors and comrades (sociogram and scales); short form of the dogmatism scale; reading Federal German Armed Forces magazines; trips home; regional origins; friends at the post; memberships; religiousness. Demography: age; refugee status; school education; occupation; marital status; number of siblings; social origins; religious denomination; military service.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

1964

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Census

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Written survey in a group situation

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1964

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

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