A Longitudinal Study of Racial Climate in an Infantry Division

Abstract

There has been growing recognition over the past several years that the maintenance of adequate race relations in a unit is best performed and most appropriately performed as a command function. Thus, the day-to-day decisions that a unit commander makes regarding the operation of his unit must be guided by a knowledge of the racial climate in his unit and an appreciation of the effects his decisions might have on that racial climate. To make this possible, however, the commander needs continuing information about the current racial climate in his unit and the changes that occur in this climate over time. The Racial Attitudes and Perceptions Survey (RAPS) was developed to meet this need. It provides the means by which a broad cross-section of a division's or an installation's personnel can be surveyed about racial conditions, and information can be gathered about the racial climate of that unit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA077941

Entities

People

  • Francis E. O'mara

Organizations

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

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anthropology
  • Army
  • Discrimination
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Military Facilities
  • Military Police
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Native Americans
  • Perception
  • Racial Discrimination
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Supervisors
  • Surveys
  • Training

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