A Study of Onboarding and Turnover Mediating Variables in U.S. Air Force Officers

Abstract

This study addressed employee retention by gathering data from young Air Force officers regarding their onboarding experiences. Onboarding has garnered more attention in recent years and is a topic that warrants more exploration in the military community. The onboarding experience was correlated with three key variables: job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job embeddedness. Results of the study indicated that both organizational commitment and job embeddedness were significantly correlated with higher quality onboarding. While the correlation with job satisfaction was not significantly supported, data did show connections worthy of future exploration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 2019
Accession Number
AD1083322

Entities

People

  • Brett S. Bowers

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Retention
  • Psychology
  • Surveys
  • United States

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control