Officer and Enlisted Retention Behavior under Alternative Retirement Plans.

Abstract

This thesis investigates the effects of several possible replacement retirement plans on an individual's expressed propensity to remain on active duty. This was accomplished by comparing the intended retention of individual sample groups both under current retirement policy conditions and after exposure to alternative retirement plans. Retention intention under the various retirement plans was obtained from the 1978 DoD Survey of Officers and Enlisted Personnel. The entire sample consisted of over 9,000 enlisted and 5,000 officer personnel. The proposed retirement systems contained many characteristics of past and possible future replacement retirement plans. Results indicated substantial sensitivity of retention propensities to alternative retirement systems. Junior officer and enlisted retention propensities under proposed alternative retirement plans were generally as good or better than current indications. An alternative retirement system can very well yield a future increase in the total officer and enlisted population base and have substantial impact on force structure. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA097383

Entities

People

  • Ralph Miller Rikard Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Officer Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Retention
  • Recruiting
  • Warfare

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Regression Analysis.