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Book/Printed Material Cultural themes in messages from top Air Force leaders, 2005-2008

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Title

  • Cultural themes in messages from top Air Force leaders, 2005-2008

Summary

  • "An organization's senior leadership can create, embed, and transmit an organization's culture. To help the Air Force ensure that senior leader messages aimed at its personnel reinforce stated cultural goals, RAND researchers conducted an analysis of themes within these communications. This analysis revealed that the senior leaders clearly defined the Air Force's organizational identity and regularly emphasized the Air Force's core values. They also consistently promoted a shared identity, the Airman, and highlighted the importance of varied contributions from across the service. All three leaders emphasized the importance of caring for Airmen's well-being and readiness but took appropriately different approaches to doing so. Future messages should highlight current Air Force heroes and families, recognize the historical predecessors of space and cyberspace missions, explain the meaning of Service Before Self, clarify whether civilians are Airmen, and emphasize the importance of Wingman Day. Also, messages should be disseminated more routinely and more directly to all Air Force personnel."--RAND web site.

Names

  • Chu, Carolyn
  • Dues, Brandon
  • Miller, Laura L., 1967-
  • United States. Air Force
  • Project Air Force (U.S.)
  • Rand Corporation

Created / Published

  • Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Air Force--Language
  • -  United States.--Air Force--Unit cohesion
  • -  Military socialization--United States
  • -  Rhetoric--Social aspects--United States

Notes

  • -  "RAND Project Air Force."--Cover.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xv, 46 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • UG633

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021760787

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Chu, Carolyn, Brandon Dues, Laura L Miller, United States Air Force, U.S Project Air Force, and Rand Corporation. Cultural themes in messages from top Air Force leaders, -2008. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2010. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021760787/.

APA citation style:

Chu, C., Dues, B., Miller, L. L., United States Air Force, Project Air Force, U. S. & Rand Corporation. (2010) Cultural themes in messages from top Air Force leaders, -2008. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021760787/.

MLA citation style:

Chu, Carolyn, et al. Cultural themes in messages from top Air Force leaders, -2008. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2010. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021760787/>.