Factors affecting the volunteer enlisted soldiers on recruiting and retention policy
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Lin, Hon-Chan
Abstract
Summary The military service system in Taiwan which is mainly focusing on recruiting enlisted soldiers from the basic level has reformed from “mandatory military service,” “both conscription and voluntarism,” toward the legalization of “voluntarism” foundation since the demands from society, the implementation of politicians’ manifestos, and the amendments of Military Service Act in Legislative Yuan took place. In response to, however, the effectiveness of volunteer enlisted soldiers’ recruiting and retention, the uncertain hurdles remain to be overcome. The author considered it worthy of further discussion and research in this background; accordingly, the thesis primarily pinpoints to what sort of factors affect the willingness of enlisted soldiers to join the military and how the government make the recruiting and retention policy better. Therefore, after organizing and analyzing not only the evolution of Taiwan military service system but the related research of recruiting and retention, the author coordinated and invited the commission officers with the experience of leadership and the enlisted soldiers to seek their opinions on this point by “in-depth interview” and “focus group” methods. This research finds out the factors affecting the recruitment of volunteer enlisted soldiers, including remunerations, recruiting methods and channels, and the determination of the government. With regard to the effectiveness of recruitment, the slogan “join the military” would be disseminated around every corner in spite of the original promotion from military recruiters and publicity. According to the interviewer’s opinions, they noted whether or not expanding a new path of publicity by making most of social media on the Internet is inevitably essential in this digitized era; on top of that, the government attitude matters in the whole spectrum as well. In light of affecting the soldiers’ willingness of retention, the factors, including freedom, duty, pressure, respect, military status, promotion, and seamless link-up with civilian specialties would play an important role from the very beginning of the mandatory military service. Key words: Military Service System;Volunteer Enlisted Soldiers;Recruiting and Retention
Subjects
Military Service System
Volunteer Enlisted Soldiers
Recruiting and Retention
Type
thesis
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