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RETENTION IN THE MILITARY: THE ROLE OF HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION IN WORKPLACE SATISFACTION AND PERCEIVED ORGANIZATION SUPPORT

McKensey, Macie D
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-6440
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492444245310701

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2017, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Sociology and Criminology.
The recent introduction of women into the special forces of the United States military has reignited the debate on how women will integrate into these previously all male roles. Drawing on the Job-Demand-Control-Support (JDCS) model and focusing on the support aspect of this model, this study examines the role of sex discrimination and sexual harassment, two commonly experienced actions by members of a gender-homogeneous team, on voluntary retention. The author tests five hypotheses and three gender-related sub-hypothesis concerning the effects of sex discrimination and sexual harassment on retention via perceived organizational support and workplace satisfaction. Multilevel structural equation models were produced using data from the public use version of the 2012 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Members. Finding show there is no significant gender differences in the direct effects of sex discrimination and sexual harassment on retention. However, there is a gender difference in the indirect paths of sex via perceived organizational support and workplace satisfaction. This study informs the JDCS model by suggesting that perceived organizational support is constructed and influences job-related outcome differently for males and females.
Timothy Owens (Advisor)
Clare Stacey (Committee Member)
Adrianne Frech (Committee Member)
72 p.
Social Psychology; Sociology
military retention; Job-Demand-Control-Support; turnover

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  • McKensey, M. D. (2017). RETENTION IN THE MILITARY: THE ROLE OF HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION IN WORKPLACE SATISFACTION AND PERCEIVED ORGANIZATION SUPPORT [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492444245310701

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McKensey, Macie. RETENTION IN THE MILITARY: THE ROLE OF HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION IN WORKPLACE SATISFACTION AND PERCEIVED ORGANIZATION SUPPORT. 2017. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492444245310701.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McKensey, Macie. "RETENTION IN THE MILITARY: THE ROLE OF HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION IN WORKPLACE SATISFACTION AND PERCEIVED ORGANIZATION SUPPORT." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1492444245310701

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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