TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE EMPLOYABILITY OF THE WIVES OF THE INDIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL

Abstract

The research paper makes an endeavour to examine the impact of the different factors pertinent to the military lifestyle which tend to cast their effect on the pursuit of employability of the wives of the Indian Military Personnel. These inherent factors which affect the employment pursuits of the wives of the military personnel could altogether vary from those affecting the employment of women from the civil, domestic background. The sample size comprising of 400 military wives as the participants and respondents of the study, is optimum enough to produce creditable results. The paper makes a quantitative assessment of the factors which determine the willingness of the wives to become employable. The findings and results of the study using the structural modelling approach, exhibits that the factors like children related issues, frequent moves, remote locations and support of military, exert an influence on the employment pursuits of the wives. The support from military is found to have highest impact on the employability status of the army wives followed by the frequent moves. The study makes a foray in the realm of the research community, as it has brought about the presence of significant, distinct factors, which seem to affect the employment of the wives of the Indian military personnel in many ways.