Increasing Efficiency and Incentives for Performance in the Army's Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) Program

Abstract

The Army requested that RAND Arroyo Center provide analyses to improve the setting of special and incentive (S and I) pays, focusing on its selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) program. SRBs are a monetary incentiveoffered to qualified soldiers who reenlist for an additional obligated service (AOS) in the Regular Army incertain military occupational specialties (MOSs). The purpose of the improvement would be to help modernize the SRB program by increasing the bonuses efficiency and their incentives for higher performance as partof the Armys talent management strategy. While past research consistently found that reenlistment bonusesincrease the likelihood that a service member reenlists and continues to serve, there is little evidence on howthey increase performance.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1149836

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  • Beth J. Asch
  • Jason M. Ward
  • Michael G. Mattock
  • Patricia K. Tong

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  • RAND Corporation

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