Army European Tour Extension: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Abstract

An objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of economic and noneconomic factors on the decisions to extend the European tours of servicemen by 12 months. The research used the Army Research Institute's 1983 survey of Army families in Europe. Employing multivariate techniques, the results revealed that the extension probabilities increased with an increase in the amounts of the proposed extension bonuses as well as well as with increase in satisfaction with job and family life. Smaller lump sum bonuses were determined cost- effective compared to higher amounts of monthly installment bonuses as incentives for extension. Both the lump sum as well as the installment bonuses were, however, cost-effective compared to the Permanent change of station (PCS) costs. Keywords: Factor analysis, Regression, Logitics model, SIMOS(Space Imbalanced Military Occupational Specialty), Job satisfaction, Army research, Army personnel, Enlisted personnel, Officer personnel.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA173525

Entities

People

  • Cavan P. Capps
  • Curtis Gilroy
  • Hyder Lakhani
  • Jeffrey W. Anderson
  • Shelley A. Thomas

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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  • Human Systems

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  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Factor Analysis
  • Families (Human)
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Families
  • Military Personnel
  • Motivation
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Warfare

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  • Naval Personnel Management

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  • Space