Organizational Climate and Disciplinary Rates on Navy Ships

Antisocial behaviors occurring within the US Navy system are substantially increasing; previous efforts concerning military discipline research have failed to provide solutions. Situational & organizational factors are hypothesized to have a large effect on both social & antisocial behavior....

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Published in:Armed forces and society 1977-01, Vol.3 (2), p.165-182
Main Authors: CRAWFORD, KENT S., THOMAS, EDMUND D.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Navy
Social behavior
United States/US
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Summary:Antisocial behaviors occurring within the US Navy system are substantially increasing; previous efforts concerning military discipline research have failed to provide solutions. Situational & organizational factors are hypothesized to have a large effect on both social & antisocial behavior. Utilizing operational programs & reporting requirements, data were gathered concerning these factors & also with respect to indices of disciplinary rates on Navy ships. Specifically, the Human Resource Management (HRM) survey, & the Nonjudicial Punishment (NJP) rate of the Uniform Code of Military Justice served as data producing instruments. Data were drawn from three types of command during two six-month reporting periods: July-Dec, 1973, & Jan-Jun, 1974. Forty-one ships participated in the study. Results are interpreted in terms of observed patterns of relationship between the HRM indices & the NJP rates, with moderating variables taken into account. NJP rates appear to be significantly related to organizational climates aboard the ships; thus, organizational factors would seem to play an important role in accounting for disciplinary problems & controlling deviant behaviors. 4 Tables. C. Grindle.
ISSN:0095-327X
1556-0848
DOI:10.1177/0095327X7700300202