Relationship between the Initial Duty Assignment and Successive Assignments in the Aircraft Maintenance Officer Career Field (AFSC 4024).
Abstract
This research effort investigated some of the problems associated with training and assignment flexibility in the Aircraft Maintenance Officer Career Field. It was posited that many of the problems could be related to a perceived tendency for officers to be continually re-assigned to the Major Command to which the officer was initially assigned. The objective of the study was, therefore, to determine if, in fact, such an assignment tendancy existed. To accomplish this, an informational model was developed which allowed statistical comparisons between actual Aircraft Maintenance Officer assignment trends and 1) the expected trend based on Major Command proportions and 2) actual trends exhibited by other career fields. The analysis was based on large samples of AFMPC computer filed assignment histories. The results strongly supported the hypothesis that a that a trend did exist for Aircraft Maintenance Officers to be continually re-assigned to the Major Command of initial assignment. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA087504
Entities
People
- Edward D. Mayfield
- Robert W. Walter
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology