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Collective identity and promotion prospects in the South Korean army / Kim, Insoo; Crabb, Tyler

Kim, Insoo	Article
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This study examines how collective identity based around military school ties influences an individual officer’s achievement in the military. The central premise of this study is that if collective identity can form the basis for fragmented social networks in the South Korean officer corps, it can result in different opportunities for members within different networks. The results presented here demonstrate that collective identities are important explanatory factors to account for this exchange of social resources. All else being equal, the exchange of instrumental and material resources is more likely between military officers who graduated from the same civilian or military school.

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Collective Identity ; Military Officers ; Officer Corps ; South Korean Army ; Promotion Prospects ; Social Resources ;
South Korean Office

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Concepts of professionalism in the Canadian army, 1946 - 2000: regimentalism, reaction, and reform / Kasurak, Peter

Kasurak, Peter	Journal Article
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2011.

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During World War II the Canadian Army was a small cadre force augmented by citizen volunteers. It was a colonial institution, dependent on the British Army for doctrine and staff training. After the war, the army became involved in a lengthy struggle to define its concept of professionalism. Modernizers aimed for a well-educated officer corps that was integrated with other elites and able to influence national security policy. Traditionalists wished to preserve regimental traditions and leadership based on social class. Contention between these factions resulted in stalemate, with modern management undercut by internal politics. The result was the failure of professional norms in the 1993 Somalia operation. Subsequent reforms have put a modern "constabulary-realist" model of professionalism in place.

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Army ; Canada ; Professionalism ; Regimentalism ; Canadian Army ; Officer Corps ;
Officer Development

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