This study aims to create a deep understanding of how the exercised leadership during conscription affects the conscripts' training situation and commitment to the Armed Forces. The study is based on the conscripts' perspectives and their subjective perceptions of leadership. By developing new knowledge about the perceived leadership, the study's results can be a source of improving the exercised leadership and increasing the commitment that a conscript feels to the Armed Forces. A commitment that at best leads to employment in the Armed Forces.

The study is conducted as a qualitative, inductive study and the qualitative data that forms the basis for the study is obtained through the method workshop with conscripts as respondents.

The results of the study show that an uncertainty in the leadership role is the phenomenon that has the greatest negative impact on a perceived leadership. The uncertainty of leadership can in turn create negative behaviors in the leader and/or create negative perceptions of the leader.

The conclusions drawn show that there must be a clear and established supervision of younger officers as a natural part of the officer's first professional year. It is also of great importance that an officer with the main service to train must be given time to gain experience and not be moved around the organization to new positions. A third conclusion suggests that leadership should be characterized by a personal connection, which will have a positive impact on education and engagement.