A study on factors influencing the willingness of volunteer soldiers from the Marine Corps to stay as service volunteers

• Main Authors: Pei-Wen Liu, 劉佩文
• Other Authors: Shu-Chen Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31454184324692913511

碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 企業管理學系碩士在職專班 === 103 === In response to changes in the needs of national defense and social structures, the National Army of the R.O.C. abandons the mixed system where the conscription system and the voluntary system coexist and adopts the mercenary system, in hope that a highly specialized and modernized army characterized by Low Volume, High Quality, and Strong Fighting Power can be built. However, since the military recruitment policy was changed, though effects from recruitment of military staff have been discerned, owing to psychological gaps, volunteer soldiers began to think about leaving the army while serving the military. The low rate of staying in the military base cause the growth in manpower of service volunteers less than expected. This phenomenon is particularly obvious in tough troops such as the Marine Corps. It proves that the rate of staying in the military base among volunteer soldiers is indeed one of the critical factors that determine whether or not the conversion from the enlistment system to the mercenary system can succeed. This study aims to investigate the critical factors that influence the willingness of volunteer soldiers to stay in the military base from the supporting measures adopted by the National Army for the adoption of the mercenary system. Furthermore, this study probes into the existing literature and modern research to find out reasons why employees stay and leave an organization and investigates potential factors that influence the willingness of volunteer soldiers from the Marine Corps to stay as service volunteers. This study adopts qualitative research on volunteer soldiers in Mercenary Recruitment Test Regiment of the Northern Marine Brigade and uses their job attributes such as battling, logistics and administration as well as genders to divide the soldiers into several study groups. A total of 7 volunteer soldiers are interviewed to investigate the critical factors that influence their willingness to stay as service volunteers. The research results are set out as follows: 1. Chances to be promoted influence the willingness of volunteer soldiers to stay as service volunteers. 2. Compensation and Benefits influence the willingness of volunteer soldiers to stay as service volunteers. 3. Life quality influences the willingness of volunteer soldiers to stay as service volunteers. 4. Social support has less impact on the willingness of volunteer soldiers to stay as service volunteers. 5. Employee relations influence the willingness of volunteer soldiers to stay as service volunteers. 6. Future job opportunities outside the military base has less impact on the willingness of volunteer soldiers to stay as service volunteers. 7. Job satisfaction influences the willingness of volunteer soldiers to stay as service volunteers.