APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Motivational Mismatch and Veteran Underemployment

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Social

  • Lauren Ortosky
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  • David Sherman
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Aaron Kay
    Duke University

Abstract

The successful reintegration of military veterans into the civilian workforce is a critical and unresolved national issue. This research examines the hypothesis that collectivistic values espoused in military environments may contribute to veteran underemployment by creating a mismatch with the individualistic professional culture in civilian life.

Military

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