Development of Interest Scales to Predict Performance in Construction and Mechanical MOS.

Abstract

Research to improve enlisted classification has included an effort to measure the occupational interests and goals of the new recruit in order to enhance prediction of MOS training and job performance. As a part of this effort in the broad mechanical domain, the Army Job Activities Questionnaire-Mechan ical (AJAQ-M) was constructed and administered to samples of general Army enlisted input. Initial findings on the relationships between specific job activity valences, preferences as to job conditions, expressed interest in given jobs, and related pre-service experience have been reported elsewhere. The earlier report discussed motivational factors and scales obtained from internal item analysis on AJAQ-M. The present publication presents the findings from the item analysis and describes the development of empirically valid scales which are to be validated on independent samples in the next research stage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
ADA079270

Entities

People

  • William H. Helme

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Consistency
  • Construction
  • Engineers
  • Factor Analysis
  • Job Training
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Questionnaires
  • Specialists
  • Telephone Lines
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.