Career Orientations of Coast Guard Aviators

Abstract

Individuals within the same profession often have widely different career orientations. Some think of themselves mostly as professional specialists while others regard themselves as primarily members of the organization. The goal of this study was to examine the career orientations of Coast Guard pilots and the feasibility of establishing a limited duty officer (LDO) career path for aviators in which pilots would be assigned to flight duties for their entire twenty year career. A conservative analysis of the data indicated that 19 to 20 percent of the total aviator population would be willing to participate in an LDO program. Willingness to participate in an LDO program was found to vary significantly with (1) how an individual identified himself as a pilot or an officer, (2) commissioning source, (3) interest in becoming a unit instructor pilot, (4) perceived optimal tour length, and (5) rank. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA114717

Entities

People

  • Dana Allen Goward

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Personnel
  • Data Analysis
  • Employment
  • Flight Training
  • Health Services
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Pilots
  • Military Transfers
  • Personnel Management
  • Pilots
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Organizational Psychology.