Improving the Selection, Classification, and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel: Final Report on Project A
Abstract
This report describes the research conducted during Project A, a research project that represented the first phase of the Army's long-term program to develop a complete personnel system for selecting and classifying entry-level enlisted personnel. The goal of Project A was to increase effectiveness in matching first-tour enlisted manpower requirements with available personnel resources through validation of existing selection and classification tests and development of new and improved tests that will predict measures of job performance, including aspects of second-tour performance. The research included three main phases (a) evaluation of FY81/82 accessions' scores on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and subsequent Army performance; (b) selection of 19 Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) as a representative sample of the Army's 250+ entry-level MOS, development and field test of a preliminary battery of predictor-type tests and of a comprehensive set of job performance measures, and administration and evaluation of these instruments with FY83/84 Army accessions in the Concurrent Validation stage; and (c) administration of the revised predictor battery to 49,000 accessions from 21 MOS during FY86-87 and subsequent administration to 11,000 soldiers from this group during their first tour, in the Longitudinal Validation stage. Development and administration of second-tour measures was also begun under this project.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA242921
Entities
People
- John P. Campbell
- Lola M. Zook
Organizations
- Human Resources Research Organization