Military conduct model to strengthen civil military relations as a strategic operational change

Abstract

The armed forces carry out permanent tasks in favor of society; however, military activities, values, and behaviors can be misinterpreted, damaging their image and generating public rejection. The objective was to understand specific characteristics of military personality that could be developed to strengthen civil-military relations. The research was based on human development under the concepts of Frankl and Rogers; individual behavior, grounded in Allport's trait theory; and social behavior, based on Tajfel and Turner's social identity theory. A critical interpretative epistemology was used, with a phenomenological paradigm; a retrospective cross-sectional design involving five civilians and five military members; the main instrument was the narrative autobiographical interview, whose pragmatic coding allowed the identification of leadership opportunities, to develop a value-based model with spiritual and social values that translate into social well-being