First-Term Reenlistment Intentions of Avionics Technicians: A Quantitative Analysis

Abstract

Focusing on a highly skilled field with acute manpower shortages, the author analyzes first-term reenlistment-intent responses from a survey sample of Air Force electronics technicians to develop an understanding of the factors affecting an individual's propensity to reenlist in or withdraw from military service. The military reenlistment decision is hypothesized as a continuous process during the enlistee's first term. The study provides a general statistical approach for determining a small set of key factors that explain and predict first-term reenlistment intentions. The author employs a range of methodologies, some not normally applied to manpower problems, including principal components, regression, discriminant, and logistic analyses. The results center on six key explanatory factors: (1) the military career intentions at initial enlistment; (2) job satisfaction; (3) marital status; (4) economic incentives; (5) length of service; (6) desire to supervise others.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA058799

Entities

People

  • Wayne D. Perry

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Computational Science
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis
  • Surveys

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics