Van Heerden, AdelaiDe Beer, Morris2017-11-022017-11-022017-10Van Heerden, A. and De Beer, M. 2017. Important characteristics of operational force members. The 59th International Military Testing Association Conference (IMTA), 9-13 October 2017, Bern, Switzerlandhttp://www.imta.info/conference/IMTA_2017_Scientific_Schedule.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/9706Paper presented at The 59th International Military Testing Association Conference (IMTA), 9-13 October 2017, Bern, SwitzerlandThe operational forces military context is generally acknowledged as one of the most stressful contexts as it is demanding of members on a physical, psychological, social level with organisational, intra- and inter-personal demands of an extreme nature (Gruber et al., 2009; Skomorovsky & Stevens, 2013). The South African Operational Forces – as a unit of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) – functions similarly to other such units internationally (Bartone et al., 2008; Gruber et al., 2009; Svendsen, 2014). Despite many referring to their military careers as a vocation or a calling, the military as employer - no different from other organisations in this regard – need to continuously try to optimally balance unique requirements and available resources by recruiting, selecting and training individuals that are a good match for the organizational requirements.enOperational forces militaryMilitary stressesSouth African operational forcesConference PresentationVan Heerden, A., & De Beer, M. (2017). Important characteristics of operational force members. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9706Van Heerden, Adelai, and Morris De Beer. "Important characteristics of operational force members." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9706Van Heerden A, De Beer M, Important characteristics of operational force members; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9706 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Van Heerden, Adelai AU - De Beer, Morris AB - The operational forces military context is generally acknowledged as one of the most stressful contexts as it is demanding of members on a physical, psychological, social level with organisational, intra- and inter-personal demands of an extreme nature (Gruber et al., 2009; Skomorovsky & Stevens, 2013). The South African Operational Forces – as a unit of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) – functions similarly to other such units internationally (Bartone et al., 2008; Gruber et al., 2009; Svendsen, 2014). Despite many referring to their military careers as a vocation or a calling, the military as employer - no different from other organisations in this regard – need to continuously try to optimally balance unique requirements and available resources by recruiting, selecting and training individuals that are a good match for the organizational requirements. DA - 2017-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Operational forces military KW - Military stresses KW - South African operational forces LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 T1 - Important characteristics of operational force members TI - Important characteristics of operational force members UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9706 ER -