The Sponsor Program: Facilitating Anticipatory Socialization for Personnel being Transferred in the United States Coast Guard.

Abstract

This thesis examines one way in which the U.S. Coast Guard can help facilitate the transition of personnel being transferred on PCS moves. Specifically, it focuses on the Sponsor Program and the anticipatory socialization of the member being transferred. A description of each of the other military services' Sponsor/Indoctrination Programs is included, as well as some of the relocation programs used in the civilian community. The results from a survey of a sample of Coast Guard units provide information on the reactions and feelings of Coast Guard personnel towards the Sponsor Program, and provide empirical support for theoretical propositions about links between the Sponsor Program, transition smoothness and job satisfaction. In the concluding chapter, the author makes recommendations for how the Coast Guard can improve the Sponsor Program and potentially increase both job satisfaction and retention of personnel in the Coast Guard. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096304

Entities

People

  • Steven Edward Froehlich

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Coast Guard
  • Coast Guard Personnel
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Exchange
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Transfers
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.