KEY FACTORS DRIVING PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING IN MULTINATIONAL MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
KEY FACTORS DRIVING PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING IN MULTINATIONAL MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS

Summary/Abstract: Although downsizing has long been a topic of research in traditional organizations, there are very few studies of this phenomenon in military contexts. As a result, we have little understanding of the key factors that drive personnel downsizing in military settings. This study contributes to our understanding of key factors that drive personnel downsizing in military organizations and whether those factors may differ across NATO nations’ cultural clusters. The theoretical framework for this study was built from studies in nonmilitary contexts and adapted to fit the military environment. Time series cross-sectional dynamic panel data from 28 NATO countries over 23 years were gathered. A series of analyses using the ArellanoBond Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) method were conducted in two steps. For the first step, an inspection of the key factors that drive personnel downsizing was performed using Stata ‘xtabond’ estimation. For the second step, an analysis across NATO nations’ cultural clusters was conducted.

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