Socioeconomic and Personal Variables Effecting Retention of Medical Officers
Abstract
The question of which factors influence career decision of medical officers in the military services provides the focus for this thesis. It addresses the question of how a myriad of socioeconomic and personal variables impact upon physician retention. Cross tabulation, multiple regression, and discriminant analysis are utilized to do a quantitative examination of the potential motivational factors involved in making career decisions. Both financial incentives and job components are found to be important variables affecting career decisions of military physicians.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA124658
Entities
People
- Russell L. Cain
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School