Costs and benefits of reserve participation
Subtitle: new evidence from the 1992 reserve components survey
By: Sheila Nataraj Kirby ... [et al.].
Contributors: Kirby, Sheila Nataraj, 1946-; United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); Rand Corporation.
Publisher: Rand
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Soldiers -- United States -- Family relationships.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Reserves.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Mobilization -- Cost effectiveness.
Description: Recent greater reliance on reserve forces has made it important to understand how reserve mobilizations affect the attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of reservists, their families, and their civilian employers. The report examines these issues in two ways. First, it compares survey data collected from reservists in 1986 and 1992; second, it compares the responses from mobilized and nonmobilized reservists who were questioned in the 1992 survey. Understanding how mobilizations affect reservists is important for several reasons, especially because mobilizations might change reservists' attitudes about reserve service in significant ways, eventually affecting retention and recruiting in future years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-190).
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
"National Defense Research Institute."
"Rand."
Also available in electronic form via the RAND Corporation Web site.