Prediction of Fitness for Service in UN Military Units,
Abstract
A recently constructed personality instrument, the Commander Trait Inventory (CTI), intended for use in officer selection, was administered to a Swedish UN battalion prior to its deployment in Bosnia in the spring of 1998. CTI has 11 scales and is evaluated over five independent factor scores according to a nested measurement model having one general factor and four residual factors estimated by confirmatory factor analysis. The general factor Leader potential is to a certain extent influenced by the wish to present oneself as the "ideal employee". The four residual factors measure different kinds of unfitness for military service: Inflexibility, Adventureousness, Opportunism, and Unreliability. The factors were correlated with service grades for private soldiers, noncommisioned officers and officers. For the officers we found a logical pattern of correlations that indicate that CTI can be used as a selection tool for UN service.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA362213
Entities
People
- Leif G. Carlstedt