Attrition Revisited: Identifying the Problem and Its Solutions.

Abstract

This report highlights the known and suggested causes correlated, and contributors to first-term enlisted attrition. Personal characteristics such as education credential, aptitude, gender, and age are discussed first followed be a description of organizational and situational influences. Better coordinated multivariate selection approaches to attrition are suggested as are realistic previews of military life. A pivotal factor in attrition is its management/policy control at various levels. This aspect of attrition must be understood before other reduction strategies are introduced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309172

Entities

People

  • Dickie A. Harris
  • Janice H. Laurence
  • Jennifer Naughton

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Geographic Regions
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Minority Groups
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design