Productivity Profiles of First-Term Enlisted Personnel,
Abstract
This note examines the relationship between on-the-job experience and productivity ratings of enlisted personnel in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Using data from the Enlisted Utilization Survey, productivity profiles are constructed for 48 occupational specialties by pooling supervisors' estimates of trainees' net productivity at several point in their careers. These profiles show how trainees progress on average from their first month on the job through their first four years of service, thereby providing a means for assessing the importance of experience in military occupations. In many of the occupational specialties covered by the study, ratings were obtained for both direct duty trainees and technical school graduates. Also, in addition to rating trainees under their direction, supervisors were asked to rate 'typical' trainees in the same specialty (both technical school graduates and direct duty trainees) at four points in time beginning with the first month on the job. Productivity profiles constructed from the four sets of ratings provide comparisons between the actual performances of technical school graduates and direct duty trainees as well as information about the supervisors' assessment of the value of military training programs for typical trainees.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA152990
Entities
People
- G. W. Haggstrom
- R. M. Gay
- W. K. Chow
Organizations
- RAND Corporation