Identifying and Assessing Interaction Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes for Future Force Soldiers
Abstract
Developed in response to a U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) SBIR request the Army Interpersonal Skills Assessment (AISA) battery consists of five measures designed to evaluate the interpersonal knowledge skills and attributes (KSA) that will be required of Soldiers in the Future Force. As the Army evolves over the coming years Soldiers will be placed in positions that require increasing interaction effectiveness. The goal of the AISA is to gauge the Soldier's aptitude to effectively manage interpersonal interactions and to identify Soldiers who may be well suited for positions where effective interpersonal KSAs may improve performance. In Phase II of this SBIR effort the AISA battery underwent a full development cycle including focus group reviews by senior Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and pilot and field testing with the target population of first term Soldiers. The final activity in the Phase II effort was a concurrent validation where data were collected from 95 Soldiers and their supervisors in an attempt to determine the predictive ability of the AISA battery. The details of the development activities and the results of the validation effort are the subject of this report.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA478702
Entities
People
- Masayu Ramli
- Patricia Keenan
- Tim Bowden
- Tonia Heffner