S134: Field Forces Study

Designed as a controlled experiment to measure the effect of the unit morale program when coupled with expert morale consultation as a means of raising the level of unit morale.

Questionnaire

Date

May '44

Original Size

approx. 1,000

Location

ETO

Theater ID

ES26

Alternate Title

Attitudes of Airborne troops

Sample Method

See Planning Survey II for standard operating procedure.

Origin

Hqs, ETO

Reports

B-167 Summary of Misc. Materials on Troop Reactions to Enemy Radio Propaganda

Nara Catalog

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7062726

What is your rank or grade?

About how long have you been in the Army?

About how long have you been overseas?

Are you:

Do you think you might want to stay in the Army after the war?

As you see it now, what would you like most to do after you got out of the Army?

Do you think you would want to go back to the same sort of thing you were doing before you came into the Army (that is, job, school, etc.)?

Check the answer that tells best how far you went in school:

Have you learned any skills or trades in the Army which you think you will be able to use in the civilian work you want to do?

How well satisfied are you about being in your present Army job instead of some other Army job?

How well do you think you are fitted for your present Army assignment, as compared with other types of combat assignments?

Do you think everything possible has been done to fit you into the job you are best suited for in your outfit?

Do you feel that those in charge of your work know what your abilities are and what you are able to do?

How easy do you feel it is to get suggestions brought to the attention of those in your company who could put them to use?

When you are given a job to do, are you told enough about it so that you can do a good job?

Do you feel that you are usually told as much as your leaders could tell you under the circumstances, or do you think they could tell you more?

Are you usually told why the things you do and the things that are done in your outfit are necessary?

If you are ordered to do something and not told the reason why, how do you feel?

Do too many of the things you have to do seem unnecessary for making your outfit or the Army run better?

How much do the things that this war is being fought over mean to you personally?

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