Who wants to be the next James Bond or Anna Chapman? Exploring the correlates of a willingness to enter the Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) among Spanish university students

Díaz-Fernández, A.M.; Real, C. del (2022)

Article / Letter to editor

The intelligence services compete with other public and private bodies to recruit the best candidates. Therefore, they must design specific recruitment policies to attract the young talent they need. However, the variables associated with the desire to work for these agencies among young people is still unknown. In this study, we explore these variables based on a survey administered to 2,888 young university students in Spain. The results reveal that social science students and those with greater satisfaction with democracy and trust in political institutions are more willing to work for the Spanish National Intelligence Centre.

• All authors: Díaz-Fernández, A.M.; Real, C. del
• Date: 2022-11-15
• Journal: Intelligence and National Security
• Advanced Publication: Yes
• DOI: doi:10.1080/02684527.2022.2141289
• Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02684527.2022.2141289