Military Equal Opportunity Climate Survey: Reliability, Construct Validity, and Preliminary Field Test

Abstract

An assessment of the reliability and construct validity of the Military Equal Opportunity Climate Survey )MEOCS) was the focus of this effort. 1650 military people from the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard completed MEOCS--a behaviorally based attitude measure of equal opportunity climate. In addition, the respondents completed measures of commitment to the service, perceived work-group effectiveness, job satisfaction, perceived ethnic and gender relations in the service, and demographic questions. Five field test sites were in the continental United States and one was located overseas. Keywords: Military Forces(United States), Operational effectiveness, Equal opportunity, Surveys, Organizational effectiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 10, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226077

Entities

People

  • Dan Landis

Organizations

  • University of Mississippi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Rights
  • Climate Change
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Human Behavior
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Prejudice
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • United States

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Organizational Psychology.