Military Talent Management: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Slating and Talent Management
Abstract
The purpose of the current research project is to address the needs of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), and the broader Navy community, to effectively measure and assess behavioral and psychological characteristics to identify and determine leadership potential of future Naval leaders within the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community. The results of this project can be used to facilitate executive leadership team development efforts in EODand the broader Navy community. The proposed project will directly support and advance the Education for Seapower Strategy 2020 by assessing and developing Naval leaders consistent with Pillar 1 (Creating a Continuum of Learning) and Pillar 2 (Integrating Education into TalentManagement). More specifically, the proposed research will focus on utilizing multiple sources of data to identify critical Naval leader behaviors of EOD Commanding Officers (COs), Executive Officers (XOs), and Command Master Chiefs (CMCs) and the individual ps behaviors. Based on these assessments, the research team will provide NECC, and more broadly the Navy and Marine Corps, with valid and useful information about (a) which specific Naval leader behaviors of EOD COs, XOs, and CMCs represent effective job performance and are of most importance to fulfilling the duties of their leadership positions, (b) which individual psychological attributes are significantly associated with each of these criticalNaval leader behaviors, (c) which job resources and demands are most important for Naval leadership effectiveness, and (d) how feasible and useful are the assessment battery and emerging technologies for assessing EOD COs, XOs, and CMCs and delivering results/feedback.This research project proposes four specific aims: Aim 1: Identify critical psychological attributes (personality traits, values/beliefs, abilities, experiences, etc.), job demands/resources, and Naval leader behaviors of EOD COs, XOs, and CMCs that represent either success factors or challenges/barriers to Naval leader job success. Aim 2: Assess current mean levels of critical psychological attributes (personality traits, values/beliefs, abilities, experiences, etc.), job demands/resources, and Naval leader behaviors of EOD COs, XOs, and CMCs that represent either success factors or challenges/barriers to Navalleader job success. Aim 3: Conduct a longitudinal criterion-related validity study to identify which critical psychological attributes and job demands/resources are significant predictors of critical Naval leader behaviors of EOD COs, XOs, and CMCs for purposes of Naval leader talent management. Aim 4: Evaluate the feasibility/utility of the individual assessment process and usability ofemerging technologies for measuring and delivering results/feedback about critical psychological 2 attributes of potential EOD COs, XOs, and CMCs identified in Aim 3 for purposes of Naval leader talent management.To accomplish the above aims, a hybrid research design will be employed to collect (a) qualitative data from current EOD leaders in the first year and (b) quantitative data from three cohorts of EOD slating participants in three consecutive years. The research team will analyze the qualitative data with content analysis to identify critical Naval leader behaviors. Additionally,the researchers will utilize appropriate inferential statistical analyses (e.g., correlations, hierarchical regressions, observed variable path analysis, etc.) to analyze the quantitative data to identify which critical psychological attributes and job demands/resources are significant predictors of critical Naval leader behaviors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 06, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142112248
Entities
People
- Konstantin Cigularov
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- Old Dominion University
- United States Navy