Recruiting Malpractice: Extent, Causes, and Potentials for Improvement

Abstract

This report is based on a questionnaire survey of Armed Forces recruiting personnel in all services--Active, National Guard, and Reserve. Survey results show the perceptions of recruiters, noncommissioned officer supervisors, and commanding officers on the extent of malpractice within the respective service recruiting programs; possible causes for these actions; and probable corrective actions. GAO made this study in response to a request of Senator Sam Nunn, while Chairman of the Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel, Senate Committee on Armed Services, who was concerned about the adequacy of service actions to control malpractice. Investigations in 1978 and 1979 determined that recruiting malpractice problems did occur in the Marine Corps and the Army. Overall, GAO surveyed personnel in seven separate recruiting programs. The highest perceived level of malpractice is within the Marine Corps program, followed in descending order by the Army, Army National Guard, Navy, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 1981
Accession Number
ADA106844

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Operations
  • Air National Guard
  • Detection
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Judgment
  • Marine Corps
  • National Guard
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Personnel Management
  • Probability
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Supervisors
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Naval Personnel Management