Early Separation Incentives: An Analysis of Survey Data and Reenlistment Decision-Making Models
Abstract
To reduce the military personnel force, soldiers are being offered incentives for early separation: the Voluntary Separation Incentive (VSI, annual payments) and the Special Separation Benefit (SSB, a lump sum). Using the framework of occupational decision making, this research examined soldiers' responses to the incentives and identified factors affecting soldiers' decisions about separating. The analyses use data from the Survey of Total Army Military Personnel (STAMP), which was mailed to 51,000 active and reserve soldiers after Operation Desert Shield/Storm. STAMP surveyed morale, organizational commitment, leadership, training, career plans, adequacy of mobilization, and reactions to personnel policies such as VSI. Because STAMP covered many topics, the data supported assessment of soldiers' reactions to separation incentives and of their responses to variables in the Annualized Cost of Leaving (ACOL) models. Correlations between a separation incentive and ACOL variables were examined to evaluate alternative Army reenlistment models.... Separation incentives, Annualized Cost of Leaving(ACOL), Career decisions, Retention, Army
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA267558
Entities
People
- Mitchell Sherman
Organizations
- Battelle Memorial Institute