A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Affiliation Dynamics Involved with a Firefighting Career
AM J QUALITATIVE RES, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 60-73
We explored the experiences of full-time firefighters in the present phenomenological qualitative study, having conducted semi-structured interviews with 26 male full-time firefighters. Their personal constructs of motivation and affiliation were explored and, within the constructs of motivation, three themes emerged. First, firefighters were motivated by a love of the excitement firefighting provides. Second, firefighters reported that the work schedule, which allows them more time at home, was a motivation. Third (and most emphasized by the firefighters) was an altruistic motivation to help others. Under the construct of affiliation, the firefighters reported a strong sense of brotherhood with their shift-partners, and they extended this brotherhood to all firefighters and even other emergency workers. We relate these findings to the existing body of research regarding the relationship between motivation, affiliation and satisfaction of firefighters.
Firmin, M. W., DeWitt, K., Elllis, H. M., Smith, L. A., & Tiffan, N. (2018). A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Affiliation Dynamics Involved with a Firefighting Career. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 2(2), 60-73.
Firmin, M. W., DeWitt, K., Elllis, H. M., Smith, L. A., and Tiffan, N. (2018). A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Affiliation Dynamics Involved with a Firefighting Career. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 2(2), pp. 60-73.
Firmin MW, DeWitt K, Elllis HM, Smith LA, Tiffan N. A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Affiliation Dynamics Involved with a Firefighting Career. American Journal of Qualitative Research. 2018;2(2), 60-73.
Firmin, Michael W., Kristin DeWitt, Heidi M. Elllis, Lauren A. Smith, and Nicole Tiffan. "A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Affiliation Dynamics Involved with a Firefighting Career". American Journal of Qualitative Research 2018 2 no. 2 (2018): 60-73.
Firmin, Michael W. et al. "A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Affiliation Dynamics Involved with a Firefighting Career". American Journal of Qualitative Research, vol. 2, no. 2, 2018, pp. 60-73.
Firmin MW, DeWitt K, Elllis HM, Smith LA, Tiffan N. A Qualitative Study of the Motivations and Affiliation Dynamics Involved with a Firefighting Career. American Journal of Qualitative Research. 2018;2(2):60-73.