Adaptation of mixed-gender unit members to working environment

Abstract

Adaptation is a process of changing a person in accordance with characteristics and requirements of the social environment. It can be social, psychological and physiological. The adaptation of members of the mixed-gender military units (officers, non-commissioned officers and professional soldiers) to all specifics of military organization (manner and organization of work, restrictions, psychological and physical strains, etc.) is certainly a specific process, especially in relation to other organizations. Accordingly, the objective of the research was to determine the extent to which members of mixed-gender units are adapted to working conditions in military organization and what kind of a relationship between individual characteristics of respondents (sex, age and years of service). The sample includes 453 members of mixed-gender units of the Serbian Armed Forces. Using a rotated component matrix, four isolated factors have been defined. The obtained results indicate the adaptation of a person to a working environment specific to security organizations.