Two Measures of ROTC Effectiveness: Vocational Confidence and Realism of Expectations.
Abstract
This study initiates development of a self-report instrument which upon validation may be useful in evaluating campus ROTC programs and in predicting job survival of officers commissioned through ROTC. The 50-item military career questionnaire developed in this study contains positive and negative statements concerning various aspects of military life. Career Army officer, ranging from four to ten years experience, reacted to the statements in the questionnaire as did ROTC cadets and non-ROTC university students. The questionnaire results were relatively reliable and significantly different overall scores were obtained for each group with the scores of ROTC cadets more closely matching the scores of Army officers than did the scores of non-ROTC university students. It appears that ROTC cadets have higher confidence and more realistic expectations concerning a military career than do non-ROTC students. This added confidence and realism of expectations may be fostered by an effective job preview, i.e., the local ROTC program, and according to expectancy theory, high vocational confidence and realistic job expectations should enhance job survival. A longitudinal study is proposed to validate the findings of this study. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA053517
Entities
People
- Burton Graf Lockwood Ii
Organizations
- Montana State University