Considerations for Integrating Women into Closed Occupations in U.S. Special Operations Forces

doi:10.7249/RR1058

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DOI	10.7249/RR1058
报告编号	RR-1058-USSOCOM
	Considerations for Integrating Women into Closed Occupations in U.S. Special Operations Forces
	Thomas S. Szayna; Eric V. Larson; Angela O'Mahony; Sean Robson; Agnes Gereben Schaefer; Miriam Matthews; J. Michael Polich; Lynsay Ayer; Derek Eaton; William Marcellino; et al.
	2016
出版年	2016
页数	250
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	The elimination of the Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule has opened to women some 15,500 special operations forces (SOF) positions. A RAND study helped to inform that decision and provides insight into the key factors surrounding the integration of women into SOF. The integration of women raises issues pertinent to the effectiveness of SOF teams, in terms of physical standards and ensuring readiness, cohesion, and morale. This report assesses potential challenges to the integration of women into SOF for unit cohesion and provides analytical support in validating SOF occupational standards for positions controlled by U.S. Special Operations Command. The report summarizes the history of integration of women into the U.S. armed forces, reviews the current state of knowledge about cohesion in small units, and discusses the application of gender-neutral standards to SOF. The report identifies widely agreed-on professional standards for the validation of physically demanding occupations and assists SOF service components with the application of these standards to SOF occupations. The report also discusses the primary data — a survey of SOF personnel and a series of focus group discussions — collected by the research team regarding the potential challenges to the integration of women into SOF. The report then presents recommendations regarding the implementation process of integrating women into SOF.
英文关键词	Gender Equity in the Workplace National Security Organizations Gender Discrimination Special Operations Forces Military Recruitment Survey Research Methodology Students
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/4341
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thomas S. Szayna,Eric V. Larson,Angela O'Mahony,et al. Considerations for Integrating Women into Closed Occupations in U.S. Special Operations Forces:RAND Corporation,2016.