Personal and Organizational Determinants of Enlisted Attrition

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the relative influence of various individual and organizational factors on first-term enlisted attrition. A longitudinal design was employed whereby a cohort of first-term recruits (both 'A' school and apprentice school personnel ) was tracked over a 12-month period. Results indicated that: (1) first-year attrition was significantly higher for experimental group personnel(who were eligible for voluntary separation) than for control group personnel, (2) attrition rates were higher for apprentice personnel than 'A' school personnel, (3) separation decisions were related to preservice demographic characteristics, family and home problems, attitudes toward the Navy formed during recruit training, and in-service discrepancies between expectations and experiences, and (4) the work environment explained more variance in later separations and individual characteristics, more variance in early separations(i.e., within the first 6 months).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA065386

Entities

People

  • Alan W. Lau

Organizations

  • Bureau of Naval Personnel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Applied Psychology
  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Resources
  • Job Training
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Psychology

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Organizational Psychology.