A Person-Oriented Job Analysis for Identifying Skills and Personality Attributes to be Assessed in Officer Selection

Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to identify personality constructs to be assessed in the selection of officers in the Turkish Armed Forces using a personality-oriented job analysis approach. Personality-oriented job analytic interviews were conducted both with currently employed and former officers (N = 78). Content-analysis of the interviews led to the identification of a list of attributes presumed to be relevant. The attributes were then rated by a group of officers (N = 447) for relevance and importance. Principal component analysis of the weighted relevance ratings resulted in five personality dimensions as being relevant for the job of an officer: Conscientiousness/Self-Discipline, Military Factor, Self-Confidence, Agreeableness- Extraversion, and Leadership.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010354

Entities

People

  • H. C. Sumer
  • Kursad Demirutku
  • Nebi Sumer

Organizations

  • Middle East Technical University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Composite Materials
  • Education
  • Factor Analysis
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Resources
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Job Analysis
  • Military Personnel
  • Personality
  • Personnel Selection
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Task Performance And Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.