Some Properties of an Officer Measure of Performance and Potential

Abstract

Objectives of this research were to evaluate the reliability of a criterion measure of officer performance, the Performance Evaluation Form, and to determine whether the instrument could differentiate among the requirements of alternative officer assignments. Officers were rated by the immediate supervisor, another superior officer who knew the rated officer's performance, and two associates; four complete ratings were available for 771 Infantry Branch and 102 Quartermaster Branch officers. The matrices of correlations among the dimensions of the Performance Evaluation Form were factor-analyzed for each type of rater in the two career branches. Factor structure for each of the four sets of ratings and for the two branches was similar. There were some differences between the two branches in the factor structure of the ranking of attributes in terms of an officer's potential for future assignments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064257

Entities

People

  • Arthur C. F. Gilbert
  • Frances C. Grafton

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Artillery
  • Aviation Safety
  • Biological Sciences
  • Combat Operations
  • Data Analysis
  • Executives
  • Factor Analysis
  • Infantry
  • Military Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Sciences
  • Supervisors
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States Military Academy
  • Warfare

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
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