RATINGS BY OFFICER GROUPS OF IMPORTANCE AND OBTAINABILITY OF SELECTED JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

To determine how different groups of officers value an Air Force career, 22 possible job rewards were rated by 1300 former AFIT students as to their importance and the possibility of obtaining them as Air Force officers. Responses were analyzed by 4 dichotomous groupings: (1) active duty officers vs those who had resigned or retired; (2) scientific and engineering officers vs nonscientists; (3) young officers vs older officers; and (4) rated vs nonrated officers. Differences in ratings by the paired groups were evaluated by computing an overall chi square for the distributions on each job characteristic. Rewards rated as most attainable were rated as least important. Distributions of the ratings differed significantly.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0437954

Entities

People

  • Francis D. Harding
  • Robert A. Bottenberg
  • Robert L. Downey Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Engineering
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Learning
  • Military Personnel
  • Officer Personnel
  • Recognition
  • Scientists
  • Security
  • Students
  • Supervisors
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Regression Analysis.