Analysis of Recruit Attitudes Toward Naval Recruit Training

Abstract

This report describes research that was conducted in two phases. The first was to analyze questionnaire data, collected by the Naval Technical Training Command Staff from Recruit Training Centers (RTCs), to measure the extent to which lengthening recruit training would affect the recruit's attitudes toward the training, toward a Naval career, and toward the Navy in general. The second phase was to integrate these findings into the body of existing literature on attitudes toward the service. Results of the first two administrations of the questionnaire were published in an Interim Report dated October 1974. The present report contains an extensive analysis of the data from all three administrations, as well as an extensive discussion of the survey findings in relation to the literature on enlistment motivation. It also recommends training management improvements which might increase both motivation and performance of duty following initial training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA060981

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  • T. O. Jacobs

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  • Human Resources Research Organization

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  • Human Systems

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  • Basic Training
  • Birds
  • Business Administration
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  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Instructors
  • Management Personnel
  • Naval Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology
  • Schools
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  • Training
  • Training Management
  • United States Naval Academy
  • War Colleges

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