This report reveals a number of strengths and weaknesses in the compensation packages of military caregivers.
Publications
Information about selected journal articles, papers, and other documents authored or formally reviewed by MFRI researchers and other staff:
Ethnic Variations in the Connection Between Work-Induced Family Separation and Turnover Intent (2004)
This study examines ethnic variations in the role of resources in the relationship between work-induced family separation and workers’ intentions to leave their employment.
Episodic Processes in Emotional Labor: Perceptions of Affective Delivery and Regulation Strategies (2004)
This report examines the way in which experiences and conditions outside the work domain, such as marital relations, financial circumstances, community support and social networks affect job performance.
Child Care Use and Satisfaction Among Military Families with Preschool Children (2004)
Using the 1999 Survey of Active Duty Personnel, this report examines the childcare arrangements used by military families with children younger than six.
The Financial Landscape for Military Parents of Young Children (2004)
This report examines the income and expenditure patterns of military parents of children younger than six.
Nonwork Factors in Organizational Commitment (2004)
This study examines 160 military members’ perspectives about the events and conditions in levels of military commitment over time using data gathered from four military installations.
Staffing Your Child Care Center: A Theoretical and Practical Approach (2003)
This report examines the situation in early childhood care and education, reviews recent studies that address the issues surrounding staff turnover in the early childhood care and education profession, outlines specific contributors to turnover, and attempts to align the causes of turnover with strategies to prevent future turnover from occurring.
Retention in the Armed Forces: Past Approaches and New Research Directions (2002)
This report summarizes and reviews research in organizational retention and turnover.
Communication and connection during deployment: A daily-diary study from the perspective of at-home partners (2017)
In this study, 87 partners of deployed National Guard service members completed daily diaries, recording their entries for seven consecutive days on the same channels each time they communicated with their service member. Findings indicated that across the week partners who reported their service member provided them with higher levels of support and made decisions together more often as a couple felt more connected to their service member.
Food security, dietary quality, and use of resources are low among rural U.S. veteran food pantry users in a Reaching Rural Veterans pilot intervention (2017)
Reaching Rural Veterans (RRV) was a “one stop” longitudinal intervention provided at rural Indiana and Kentucky food pantries to enhance resource use among rural, low-income U.S. veterans. Food security, access to resources and dietary quality were evaluated at the beginning and end of a three month period.