Looking for a Few Good Men: Predicting Patterns of Retention, Promotion, and Accession of Minority and Women Officers

Abstract

This paper is concerned with social representativeness in the officer corp. We briefly review the literature on officer accession, retention and promotion that documents the conventional wisdom that officers are predominately white males. This may in turn sustain a process in which white males are stereotyped as having the attributes of successful officers; hence more white males will be sought to fill force requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1989
Accession Number
AD1059795

Entities

People

  • James B. Stewart
  • Juanita M. Firestone

Organizations

  • Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute

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  • Literature

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  • Psychology

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
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