The Effective Factors on Improving Communication Skills between Regimental Commanders and Conscripts at an Army Introductory Military Training Center

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the factors affecting communicational skills of regimental commanders toward conscripts at an army introductory military training center in Tehran. Materials and Methods: The participants were 82 regimental commanders of the regiments and battalions of an introductory military training center. A 21-item questionnaire was used to collect the required data. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to analyze the data. Pearson correlation coefficient tests and stepwise regression were also used. Results: Stepwise regression analysis indicates that in the first step, the individual factors are involved in Regression equation. Individual factors predict 28% and in the second step, environmental and organizational factors can predict 35% of the regimental commanders’ communicational skills toward conscripts at the studied military training center. Conclusion: There is a meaningful correlation between the environmental factors and regimental commanders’ communicational skills.