Towards Justifying Enlistment Standards: Linking Input Characteristics to Job Performance.
Abstract
The Job Performance Measurement (JPM) Project has broken new ground by embarking on the large-scale development and administration of hands-on job performance tests. In the next stage, this pioneering effort can go even further in helping to rationalize the selection and classification process by evaluating the cost-effectiveness of enlistment standards. The Department of Defense has never had a sound empirical basis, in terms of job performance, for setting minimum standards or for establishing the distribution of aptitudes and educational levels required of enlisted recruits. If the JPM Project is carried through to a successful conclusion, the joint efforts of the services can provide such an empirical basis. The process of evaluating the cost-effectiveness of enlistment standards, which includes determining the mix of aptitude levels required to sustain the career enlisted force, may be characterized as follows: Measure job performance, Establish the relationship between job performance and accession attributes (e.g., aptitude, education, job experience, etc.), Determine constraints on the linkage model, Estimate the costs associated with operating the force, and Evaluate alternative enlistment standards for their cost-effectiveness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA176055
Entities
People
- Milton H. Maier
- Paul W. Mayberry
Organizations
- Center for Naval Analyses