Cognitive and Non-cognitive Predictors of Career Intentions within Cyber Jobs

Abstract

Building, managing, and retaining a talented and sufficient number of cyber employees has been a challenge within the Federal Government. This research investigates the relationships between cognitive ability, cyber knowledge, job-fit, and normative commitment to predict Army career intentions in two cyber occupations. Findings show that individuals with lower cyber knowledge at the beginning of training report higher Army career intentions at the end of training when their job-fit was high versus when it was low. For individuals high in cyber knowledge/potential, Army career intentions remained the same regardless of the degree of job-fit reported. Implications are discussed. Includes PowerPoint poster presentation (1 slide). Presented at 2016 SIOP Conference in Anaheim, California, April 14-16, 2016.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1010425

Entities

People

  • Alexander Wind
  • James Meaden
  • Kristophor Canali

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Retention
  • Personnel Selection
  • Psychology
  • Recruiting
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistics
  • Systems Management
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Cyber