Attitudes Toward making a Transfer: A Predictive Model.
Abstract
This report presents the results of a study of U.S. Air Force personnel who had been notified that they would be making a Permanent Change of Station (PCS). Participants were 143 N.C.O.'s (staff sergeant through chief master sergeant) at seven USAF bases in three states. Data were collected concerning their attitude toward the upcoming PCS as well as eight major independent variables that w ere thought to predict PCS attitude. The eight independent variables were: the relative similarity/dissimilarity between their present and future assignments in terms of climate, city size, culture, job duties, and level of job responsibility; the frequency of past transfers; the extent to which the individual saw the new assignment as a career advance; the attractiveness of the new assignment; the attractiveness of the present assignment; the extent to which the individual had adjusted to previous transfers successfully; the amount of notice time given prior to the transfer; and the ratio of preferred assignments to total career PCS's. All data were collected using a survey/interview format. Five of the eight independent variables correlated significantly and in the predicted direction with PCS attitude. Regression analyses using data on the independent variables to predict PCS attitude yielded a multiple correlation of R=.68 (R squared = .46). (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA134189
Entities
People
- Cynthia D. Fisher
- James B. Shaw
- Richard W. Woodman
Organizations
- Texas A&M University