Attitudes Toward Making a Transfer: A Predictive Model,
Abstract
This report represents a study of 143 USAF personnel who had been notified that they would be making a permanent change of station (PCS). Respondents came from 7 USAF bases in 3 states. Data were collected on attitude toward the upcoming PCS as well as on 8 variables that were thought to predict PCS attitude. They were: relative similarity of present and future assignments, frequency of past transfers, extent to which the new assignments was seen as a career advance, attractiveness of the new assignment, attractiveness of the old assignment, extent of successful adjustment to past transfers, notice time given prior to transfer, and ratio of preferred PCSs to total career PCSs. Five of the 8 variables correlated significantly and in the predicted direction with PCS attitude. Regression analyses yielded a multiple R of .68. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADP003288
Entities
People
- C. D. Fisher
- J. B. Shaw
- R. W. Woodman
Organizations
- Texas A&M University