Factors That Affect Soldier Morale
The study conducted is aimed at establishing the factors that affect soldier’s morale in wartime. The research reviews three studies that present significant factors that facilitate soldiers’ morale in wartime. The first study revolves around the relationships with their wives and soldier’s personal perspectives that improve on their morale. The second study indicates that leaders facilitate soldiers’ morale by exercising appropriate leadership styles that encourage motivation in the military. The last study presents the factors that can hinder morale among soldiers during wartime and indicates that soldiers need to feel valuable in order to continue participating in war.
There are different factors that result to soldier’s morale in wartime. This includes positive family relations where wives positive attitudes would influence their husband’s morale both directly and indirectly. Additionally, morale is also associated with a soldier’s personal motivation and perception of the work. Second are good leadership styles that do not strain soldiers, which would reduce their morale. Lastly, is facilitating the belief that senior military leaders are concerned for their soldiers welfare, which will increase on their morale. These factors are significant in facilitating morale among soldiers during war, which will reduce the chances of situations such as in the French War of 1917, or Yossarian’s actions in Catch 22. With this information, military Bureaucracy and counselling units can apply the factors to increase on military morale among soldiers. It is apparent that soldier’s morale is connected to their environment including family, leaders, personal beliefs and perceptions, interactions, and dedication to work.
One of the most significant factors, of any effective fighting force, including the military, is the morale of the soldiers that make up the fighting force during a war. The degree to which the morale is felt determines an army’s ability to fight and defend its position. This shows that lack of morale among soldiers can affect their capability to win a battle. One of the most recognized situations where soldiers had a low morale in war, which rendered the army ineffective, was the rebellion that occurred in the French Army in 1917. The need to establish the factors is significant considering the consequences of a low morale that include the death of large numbers of soldiers in wartime.
The essence of morale among soldiers is that it should have different foundations with the most significant being spiritual, intellectual, and material and that is the chronological order of their significance. The first is spiritual considering that only strong spiritual backgrounds can endure severe strain. The second is intellectual, which outlines reason and feeling considered as significant factors among soldiers while the last is material conditions that are low but motivate soldiers to work. Leaders and their leadership styles influence the impact that stressors have on soldiers, which affects their morale. This means that leaders in the army have the capability to motivate soldiers and increase on their morale during wartime. It will be easy for leaders to minimize on negative factors and increase on positive factors that facilitate morale.