Perceptions of Officer Training Among Newly Employed Officers and Specialist Officers in the Swedish Armed Forces – A Qualitative Study
By: Johan Österberg, Emma Oskarsson and Joel Nilsson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.63 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 61
Submitted on: Jan 17, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 2, 2020
Published on: Feb 3, 2021
Published by: Scandinavian Military Studies
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