Development of a Personality Test Battery to be Used in Officer Selection in the Turkish Armed Forces

Abstract

This study is an earlier step in the development of a personality test battery to be used in the selection of officers recruited from outside sources in the Turkish Armed Forces. Prior to this study, five personality dimensions were identified as being relevant for tile job military officer. Items tapping into these dimensions, or more specifically tapping into the attributes loading under the identified dimensions were developed. The test battery was piloted on a group of officers (N = 519). Revisions in tile items were made based on internal consistency estimates. Exploratory factor analyses following these revisions led to further refinements in tile battery, and consequently to identification of 18 subdimensions under tile five factors that were considerably consistent. Furthermore, a preliminary test of tile five-dimension model of personality was conducted using a confirmatory factor analysis. Limitations of tile research as well as the steps to be followed are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010351

Entities

People

  • H. C. Sumer
  • Kursad Demirutku
  • Nail Sahin
  • Nebi Sumer
  • Nesrin Sahin

Organizations

  • Middle East Technical University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Consistency
  • Digital Information
  • European Communities
  • Factor Analysis
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Resources
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Leadership
  • Personality
  • Personnel Selection
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Task Performance And Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.