Gauging What Employers Think Lessons Learned from Fielding the 2022 Department of Defense National Survey of Employers
Abstract
Motivated by persistent concerns that using the reserve component (RC) as both an operational and a strategic reserve force might pose challenges for civilian employers of RC members, in 2019, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs asked the RAND Corporation to update its 2013 study on employer experiences employing RC members (Gateset al., 2013a). A central part of this effort was developing, fielding, and analyzing data from the 2022 Department of Defense (DoD) National Survey of Employers. Findings and recommendations for the overall project are presented in our main research report, Understanding and Improving Civilian Employer Experiences with Guard and Reserve Duty (Werber et al., 2024). In this companion report, we describe lessons learned for survey development and administration beyond the substantive findings presented in the main report. We expect these lessons will be of primary interest to DoD or other federal agencies that have an interest in or responsibility for civilian employment of RC members, although portions of this report might be of interest to researchers or research sponsors more broadly.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 12, 2024
- Accession Number
- AD1225909
Entities
People
- Brian Phillips
- Jonas Kempf
- Laura Weber
- Lucas Greer
- Susan M. Gates
Organizations
- RAND Corporation