Navigator Command Potential: An Analysis of U.S. Air Force Pilot Attitudes toward the Job Satisfaction Characteristics of U.S. Air Force Navigators

Abstract

This study analyzed the self-reported survey responses of 93 U.S. Air Force pilots concerning their perceptions of the command potential and job satisfaction characteristics of navigators. The first objective of this study was to compare the pilot responses with the results obtained from a previous Job Diagnostics Survey of Air Force navigators and Hackman and Oldham's normative data for professional workers. Differences in pilot attitudes were also compared with those of navigators based on the type of aircraft mission. The second objective was to compare responses based on the pilots' military rank and navigator supervisory experience. The third objective evaluated the pilot's opinion of the continued requirement for navigators in Air Force aircraft and of the ability of experienced navigators to perform as mission commanders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA229789

Entities

People

  • James T. Denney Jr.

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Databases
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Training
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Information Science
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Pilots
  • Personnel Management
  • Pilots
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Organizational Psychology.