Department of the Army Civilian Employee Attrition in Calendar Year 2009
Abstract
Despite the importance of human capital to the Department of Defense and U.S. Army, we do not have much research on civilian attrition-the reduction of workforce due to termination, resignation, retirement or death. Identifying attrition patterns helps organizations assess policy effects and organizational culture and forecast future workforce needs. This study analyzes attrition rates for Department of the Army (DA) civilian employees for the calendar year (CY) 2009 using a logistic regression model and multinomial logistic regression model and finds a 5.5% attrition rate for DA civilians in CY 2009. The study also finds that younger and older employees have a higher attrition rate, which corresponds to previous findings in our literature review. This study also shows that employees with lower credit federal service time (FS) were more likely to leave compared to those with a higher FS. Higher attrition among employees with less FS may be due to the fact that these employees are not fully invested in federal service. The study provides data and recommends helping DA leaders assess attrition patterns and causes among DA civilian employees which will, in turn, help to forecast future DA civilian employees strength.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1073646
Entities
People
- Racheal W. Mwangi
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School