USAR prior service market
Subtitle: a comparison of reenlistment motivations with Reserve enlistment motivations of Active Duty personnel
By: George W. Thomas and Helen Davis
Contributors: Davis, Helen; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Administrative Sciences
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: MOTIVATION; ACTIVE DUTY; REENLISTMENT; MILITARY RESERVES
Other titles: NPS-54-88-017.
Description: This paper analyzes two decisions of Active Duty personnel: reenlistment and Reserve      participation. Explanatory variables used to develop general turnover models for each decision      included demographic, tenure, economic, and cognitive/affective orientation. Logit techniques      were used to estimate the military affiliation models using data from the 1985 DOD Survey of      Active Duty Officers and Enlisted Personnel. Results indicated that first term females tended      to have both stronger Reserve intentions and stronger reenlistment intentions. Level of      education affected reenlistment and Reserve intentions differently. For reenlistment intentions,      college education was not a significant factor. However, enlistees with two or more years of      college education had substantially stronger Reserve participation intentions than other      enlistees. Cognitive/affective factors of military life had a more significant impact on      reenlistment intentions than on Reserve participation intentions. Major policy implications      concern the potential impact of educational incentives, the strengths of female market, and the      potential for management impact in job attributes that affect military affiliation intentions.      Keywords: Enlistment; Prior service market enlistment motivations; Logit models; Reserve      manpower. (sdw)
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS-54-88-017."

"December 1988."

AD A208 159.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 55).

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