Unrestricted Line Officers and the Materiel Professional Career

Abstract

This report examines career issues in a situation where unrestricted line officers concurrently develop competence within two occupational fields. There are two sets of analyses described herein. The first uses data collected in 1982 to compare 33 aviation and surface officers that chose to remain in their warfare community when offered the opportunity to transfer to the materiel professional community in 1986 with 115 that chose to transfer to materiel professional community. The difference between the two groups was centered primarily on their perceived interest in the type of work that they wanted to do. The second set of analyses uses 1986 data to describe the processes that aviation, surface and submarine officers in the materiel professional community use to make their career decisions and their perceptions of the materiel professional program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205548

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Morrison
  • Thomas M. Brantner

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Duty
  • Classification
  • Education
  • Instructions
  • Mobility
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Questionnaires
  • Security
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Submarines
  • Surface Warfare
  • Surveys
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.