Studying cross- cultural competence in the military: methodological considerations of applied contract research for the German Armed Forces

2012 ◽  
pp. 45-63
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Contract Research ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
The Military

Cross-Cultural Competence as a 21st Century Skill

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Klafehn
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Performance ◽  
21St Century Skill ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Military

Cross-cultural competence (3C) is one 21st century skill that employers have deemed important for employees to develop prior to entering the workforce. Despite the relevance of 3C to pre-professional populations, however, research in this area has primarily focused on the influence of 3C as it pertains to professional populations, such as expatriates and the military, for whom cross-cultural performance plays a critical role. Similarly, research exploring the development of 3C has been directed almost exclusively toward validating the effectiveness of interventions, many of which are implemented only after individuals are hired. The aim of this chapter is to address this gap in the cross-cultural literature by exploring how 3C may be developed in individuals prior to their entering the workforce. This chapter presents four 3C-relevant skills and discusses how the development of these skills may be facilitated in children and adolescents via activities or strategies that are readily incorporated into classroom curricula.

scholarly journals RECRUITING GERMAN MIGRANTS FROM THE USSR TO THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II

2020 ◽  
pp. 89-99
Author(s):  
V. L. Martynenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
German Immigrants ◽  
German Army ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
General Government ◽  
Red Army ◽  
Ethnic Germans ◽  
The Military

German immigrants who were evacuated by the German authorities in 1943–1944 from the USSR to the territory of Warthegau, Silesia, General Government and Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, became part of the human resources actively used not only in the economy, but also in defensive measures of the Reich. Contrary to the fact that the mobilization of that potential contingent was relatively low, tens of thousands of men were in the ranks of the armed forces of Germany. A significant number of Soviet Germans were replenishment for the SS troops. The initial process of attracting German settlers to military service was not easy and required adherence to a number of formalities related to their naturalization. One of the key factors that also had an effect on solving the issue of ethnic Germans in the internal service was the long-standing contradiction between the Wehrmacht and the SS. The article notes that, in the last months of the war, immigrants from the USSR found themselves in practically no alternative situation, since the military and political leadership of Germany decided to mobilize all men appropriate for military service, regardless of the naturalization. By the end of hostilities in Europe, many Soviet Germans serving in the German army had been captured by the Western allies or the Red Army.

scholarly journals Militarizing antimilitarism? Exploring the gendered representation of military service in German recruitment videos on social media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank A. Stengel ◽  
David Shim
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Recruitment ◽  
Web Series ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Masculinity

This article analyzes the gendered representation of military service in the German YouTube series Die Rekruten (DR) (The Recruits), a popular web series produced on behalf of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) for recruitment purposes, which accompanies 12 navy recruits during their basic training. The article is situated within research on masculinity and the military, in particular military recruitment. It supplements current scholarship by studying a previously neglected case that is of particular interest given Germany’s antimilitarist culture, which should make military recruitment and military public relations more difficult. The article asks how military service is represented in DR, what its discursive effects are, and what role (if any) masculinity plays in this process. We find support for recent feminist research on military masculinities (including in military recruitment) that emphasizes ambiguity and contradiction. What distinguishes the construction of military masculinity in DR from, for example, recruitment advertisements in the United States or the United Kingdom is its markedly civil character. This not only broadens the military’s appeal for a more diverse audience but also increases the legitimacy of the military and its activities. It does so by concealing the violence that has for the past two decades also been a very real part of what the Bundeswehr does.

Beyond frontiers: The critical role of cross-cultural competence in the military

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Culhane ◽  
Patrice Reid ◽  
Loring J. Crepeau ◽  
Daniel McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Military

Evaluating Psychological Aircraft Accident Reports for Differences in the Investigation of Human Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Marco Michael Nitzschner ◽  
Michael Stein
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Confidence Intervals ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Military Aircraft ◽  
Important Method ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
Aircraft Accident ◽  
The Military ◽  
Shed Light

Analyzing accidents clearly is an important method for maintaining and improving safety in aviation. Nevertheless, evaluating these accident reports is equally important. Still, such evaluations seem to be generally neglected, especially in the military domain. The aim of the current study was to shed light on this fact by analyzing investigated human factors in military aircraft accident reports of aviation psychologists. Therefore, the authors conducted a content analysis of 42 reports of the German Armed Forces from the years 1994-2014. Confidence intervals and effect sizes indicated various differences in human factors throughout the psychological aircraft accident reports. Further, confidence intervals and effect sizes indicated differences in the corresponding areas. Thus, differences concerning human factors exist in the investigated accident reports.

Evaluating Psychological Aircraft Accident Reports for Differences in the Investigation of Human Factors

2019 ◽  
pp. 1302-1318
Author(s):  
Marco Michael Nitzschner ◽  
Michael Stein
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Confidence Intervals ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Important Method ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
Aircraft Accident ◽  
The Military ◽  
Shed Light

Analyzing accidents clearly is an important method for maintaining and improving safety in aviation. Nevertheless, evaluating these accident reports is equally important. Still, such evaluations seem to be generally neglected, especially in the military domain. The aim of the current study was to shed light on this fact by analyzing investigated human factors in military aircraft accident reports of aviation psychologists. Therefore, the authors conducted a content analysis of 42 reports of the German Armed Forces from the years 1994-2014. Confidence intervals and effect sizes indicated various differences in human factors throughout the psychological aircraft accident reports. Further, confidence intervals and effect sizes indicated differences in the corresponding areas. Thus, differences concerning human factors exist in the investigated accident reports.

THE BUNDESWEHR – IN SEARCH OF ITS IDENTITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Agnieszka POLOŃCZYK
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
To Come ◽  
Identity Changes ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Military Structure ◽  
The Military

The article describes the factors that influenced the identity of the Bundeswehr after its establishment in 1955. The first part of the publication depicts the changes in the international security environment and the armed forces after the Cold War, as well as the forecast of using the military factor and its direction in the future. It is the basis for further reflections about the value of each single military structure and its identity in the 20th and 21st century. The other part of the article covers the concept of organizational culture which influences the organizational identity. The main part of the reflections presents the original model of the factors influencing the organizational culture within the armed forces as a special organization. This model is the basis on which the selected elements of the Bundeswehr organizational culture have been characterized. As a result, the view of the German armed forces identity in the 21st century has been described. According to those reflections, it is possible to answer the questions of the direction of the Bundeswehr identity changes in the years to come.

scholarly journals Brotherhood in Tension: The Militarized Appropriation of Homosocialism and Homoeroticism

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliette Croce
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Culture ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Units

The military is an institution that relies on norms of masculinity allegedly to sustain social cohesion between units and its identity as a “brotherhood.” This reliance subordinates femininity within the military culture and ostracizes the feminized individuals who serve. Simultaneously and paradoxically, militaries integrate homosocial, homoerotic, and feminized behaviors within their practices, traditions, and norms. This article looks at how this appropriation manifests, particularly in the German Armed Forces, locating various feminized practices adopted by military units over the past century and the adverse consequences of this appropriation. In analyzing these behaviors, I argue that this appropriation at the heart of military identity perpetuates heterosexual, hypermasculine norms that the institution idealizes by reinforcing gendered and heteronormative boundaries. In turn, I contend that this further marginalizes feminized individuals in militarized settings, particularly gay men.

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