NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Powell, Jonathan – Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2012
Previous studies have attested to leaders "coup-proofing" their regimes by reducing the ability or disposition of their armies to seek their removal. The following article tests the utility of these efforts. "Structural" coup-proofing such as counterbalancing is expected to reduce the ability to organize a coup plot by creating substantial…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Participant Characteristics, Political Power, Power Structure
Kamarck, Kristy N.; Thie, Harry J.; Adelson, Marisa; Krull, Heather – RAND Corporation, 2010
The U.S. military services send officers to graduate schools each year to pursue advanced degrees, primarily to fill billet requirements later. This can be costly, including such things as tuition, housing, and pay but also the opportunity cost of the officer not filling an operational billet. Participation in such a program incurs specific…
Descriptors: Productivity, Graduate Study, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Carrell, Scott E.; Malmstrom, Frederick V.; West, James E. – Journal of Human Resources, 2008
Using self-reported academic cheating from the classes of 1959 through 2002 at the three major United States military service academies (Air Force, Army, and Navy), we measure how peer cheating influences individual cheating behavior. We find higher levels of peer cheating result in a substantially increased probability that an individual will…
Descriptors: Military Service, College Students, Cheating, Peer Influence
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mayseless, Ofra; Scharf, Miri – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
A secure "state of mind with regard to attachment", as assessed by the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), as well as attachment styles as assessed by questionnaires (the two most prevalent facets of attachment representations assessed in adolescence and adulthood) were examined as potential contributors to adolescents' capacity for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Military Service, Intimacy, Attachment Behavior
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Owens, Timothy J. – Youth and Society, 1992
Presents a post-high school context choice schema that attempts to identify the factors that lead young U.S. males to enter the work force, the military, or college. Data are from the Youth in Transition Study, a longitudinal study beginning in 1966. Twenty-five potentially important predictors are identified. (SLD)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Bound Students, Context Effect, Decision Making