Matching Selection Criteria and Ultimate Vocational Criteria for Officers in the Belgian Armed Forces
Abstract
Before 1990, the military context of employment was relatively uniform. Dramatic changes since then - a new vision on leadership, and the multiple vacancies for applicant officers - gave raise to the question if differentiation in selection criteria would not be more appropriate than the overall procedure in use, given the (hypothesized) differentiation in ultimate vocational criteria. This question falls apart into two questions: 1) which are those ultimate criteria? and 2) which of them apply to whom and to what extent? In a first step, an inventory of criteria ought relevant was drawn, resulting in a list of 118 criteria. In a second step, factor analysis was used to regroup these criteria on the basis of common latent factors. Six factors were found; corresponding to the "Big Five" of personality and one military factor. In a third step, the relative importance of those criteria was assessed and, finally, discriminant analysis was used to distinguish between "kinds" of officers on the basis of those common factors. These "kinds" refer to three different aspects: the status, the studies done as applicant- officer, and the different Services, Specialties, Arms and Type of units.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADP010359
Entities
People
- Jacques Mylle
Organizations
- Royal Military Academy