Enlistment motivators for high quality recruits in the Army Reserve
By: David D. Halverson
Contributors: Johnson, Laura; Thomas, George W.
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Description: This thesis investigates the relationship between the quality of recruits and the factors that influence their enlistment decision. Demographic variables, such as gender, educational level, marital status, and ethnic group, and quality are related to the propensity to enlist in the Army Reserves. The data were obtained from the 1987 New Recruit Survey of the Army Reserve recruits. The analysis attempts to study what significant differences, if any, there are in the enlistment decision of soldiers who score in the upper 50th percentile of the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT), and those that are in the lower half of the AFQT test results. The results of log-linear factor analysis indicate that educational benefits were important motivation for high quality recruits to enlist in the Army reserves. Log-linear analysis shows differences among demographic categories in their propensity for enlistment. Factor analysis identifies four underlying factors that influence a recruit's enlistment decision. The four factors were both economic and non-economic and were labelled 'Self-Improvement', 'Skill Training', ' Military Service' and 'Educational Money'. The analysis showed significant difference among demographic categories in the importance of these factors in their decision to enlist. Keywords: Motivation; Recruiting; Army reserve; Enlistment quality; Factor analysis. (SDW)
Notes: Thesis advisors, Laura Johnson and George Thomas.

"June 1989."

DTIC Descriptor(s): Army Personnel, Military Reserves, Motivation, Recruiting, Acceptance Tests, Benefits, Decision Making, Demography, Education, Ethnic Groups, Factor Analysis, Level(Quantity), Military Forces(United States), Money, Qualifications, Quality, Recruits, Skills, Test And Evaluation, Training, VariablesArmy Personnel, Military Reserves, Motivation, Recruiting, Acceptance Tests, Benefits, Decision Making, Demography, Education, Ethnic Groups, Factor Analysis, Level(Quantity), Military Forces(United States), Money, Qualifications, Quality, Recruits, Skills, Test And Evaluation, Training, Variables

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1989.

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