VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH MILITARY CAREER MOTIVATION.
Abstract
The NCO Leaders Task is concerned with the development of measures of leadership by which to identify early in their Army career those men who have potential as effective combat leaders. The study reports on preliminary exploration of relationships between certain established dimensions of interpersonal values and decision to remain in or leave the service. Measure of six dimensions--Support, Conformity, Recognition, Independence, Benevolence, and Leadership--on the Survey of Interpersonal Values (SIV) were obtained on EM and officer trainee samples in the 5th and 10th week of Army service, respectively. Measures were analyzed in relation to desire to remain in the Army as expressed by the EM after 20 weeks' service and by officers after 15 weeks. For both officer and enlisted samples, three values were found to be predictive of career motivation. Officers who desired to remain tended to score higher on Conformity and Benevolence and lower on Independence; EM scored higher on Benevolence but lower on Independence and Support. Results suggest that measurement of values may contribute usefully to prediction of military career decision. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0600037
Entities
People
- Francis F. Medland
- Leonard V. Gordon