Understanding Demographic Differences in Undergraduate Pilot Training Attrition

Abstract

Across the U.S. Department of Defense, senior leaders have emphasized the importance of improving demographic diversity at the highest levels of leadership. This emphasis is a response to the reality that personnel data statistics show a decline in representation for female and minority officers at the highest levels (Asch, Miller, and Malchiodi, 2012). One reason for this pattern in the Air Force, as noted in Lim et al., 2014, is that female and minority officers are less likely to be in career fields that require aeronautical ratings (e.g., pilot), which have the highest promotion rates. The study reported there noted that the reasons for this sorting are not fully clear and need to be better understood.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 07, 2018
Accession Number
AD1057350

Entities

People

  • David Schulker
  • Douglas Yeung
  • Kimberly C. Hall
  • Kirsten M. Keller
  • Leslie A. Payne
  • Lisa Saum-manning
  • Stefan Zavislan

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Flight Training
  • Group Processes (Social Psychology)
  • Intellectual Property
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Pilots
  • Military Science
  • Minority Groups
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Warfare

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