Alternative Approaches to Modeling the Individual Enlistment Decision: A Literature Review

Abstract

This report summarizes the findings of previous scientific decision- making literature in an effort to specify a model depicting the many facets of the individual enlistment decision. The following theories/models were reviewed: Decision Theory, Social Judgment Theory, Information Integration Theory, Conjoint Measurement/Unfolding Theory, Cognitive Decision Theory, and Expectancy Theory. The areas of career and consumer decision-making research were also reviewed. The extended Fishbein-Ajzen expectancy theory was recommended for modeling the individual enlistment decision.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA184498

Entities

People

  • Deborah A. Zirk
  • Leonard Adelman
  • Michael C Wilson
  • Rebecca Pliske
  • Robert J. Mcteigue

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Cognition
  • Computational Science
  • Decision Theory
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Processing
  • Management Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Recruiting
  • Social Psychology
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Thinking
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Occupational Health and Safety.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.