Workforce Retention Study in Support of the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center Human Capital Management Strategy

Abstract

In Fiscal Year 15, the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) experienced an attrition rate of 10.4% of its civilian workforce. Without mitigation, the current employee turnover could result in a loss of organizational knowledge, reduction in the number of highly skilled test center employees, and a failure for ATC to meet mission objectives, namely the execution of rigorous testing to support Department of Defense acquisition programs. A Workforce Retention Study (WRS) was conducted to analyze and address current ATC attrition trends and to provide recommendations on strategies to improve retention. To determine the most suitable recommendations, the WRS Research Team conducted a comprehensive literature review and collected data from existing sources. In addition, surveys were designed and deployed to current and former ATC employees to collect data regarding job satisfaction, motivation, demographics, leadership, suggestions for improvement, and future plans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1029758

Entities

People

  • Kelly Hacker
  • Kristi Sanchez-vahamonde
  • Michael Reedy
  • Richard Fore
  • Sean Whelan

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Leadership Training
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Development
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Retention
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Naval Personnel Management