Career-Path Classification for Professional Scientific and Engineering Personnel.
Abstract
The Navy has a vested interest in the development of the career paths of its military and civilian personnel. Of particular interest is the career-path classification of the professional scientific and engineering employees of the Navy's laboratories. This research is an exploratory study designed to develop a career-path classification tool for managers to use in conjunction with other tools and data when making a variety of personnel decisions. A test instrument composed of the Kuder Preference Record-Vocational and the Kuder Preference Record-Personal was selected. Data were collected from 39 Navy professional scientific and engineering personnel, who were classified by their supervisors as being either 'Administrative', 'Managerial,' or 'Technological' professionals. Twenty-nine participants were selected to form a validation group. Three analyses were made and a career-path classification tool was developed. The feasibility of using the tool and the validity of it were demonstrated using the remaining 10 participants as a cross-validation group. A success rate of 60% was demonstrated; this compares with an expected success rate of 33% by chance and is statistically significant at the 0.077 level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA062167
Entities
People
- Donald Norman Spangenberg
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School