Download or read book Prediction of Field Grade Officer Performance of West Point Graduates written by United States. Army. Personnel Research Office and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Status Report on Research for the U S Military Academy cadet Leaders Task written by Helen R. Haggerty and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the continuation of psychological research for the United States Military Academy, initiated during WW II, effort has been largely concerned with improving selection procedures and with evaluating achievement in various aspects of the primary officer training programs. The present report deals with research undertaken in a series of projects covering the period 1 January 1957 through 31 December 1962. The two major problems with which the current research has been concerned are prediction of success of WP graduates in officer assignments of various types and at various levels, and identification of those applicants who show leadership potential and who also are motivated to complete USMA training and subsequent Regular Army officer careers. A number of instruments were developed and administered with the objective of supplementing current selection measures to provide more adequate assessment of motivation and leadership potential. Earlier findings were reinforced in that the Aptitude for the Service Rating (ASR) continues to maintain its predictive superiority over other WP measures with reference to later performance on both field grade and company grade officers. Continuing validity studies and extended follow-up research hold promise for provision of guidance to the USMA in evaluating training given to cadets.
Download or read book The West Point Talent Based Branching Program as a Predictor of Performance at the Army s Field Artillery Basic Officer Leadership Course written by Ryan Oldroyd Scott and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Junior officer attrition has increased over the last two decades. The early departure of army officers leaves a dearth of middle- and senior-level leadership, creating risk for future military readiness. West Point leaders theorized that new officers’ poor person–job fit within their specific career fields contributed to attrition. West Point implemented a talent-based system to place new officers into branches that should offer a stronger person–job fit, hoping it would reduce officer attrition. To begin the investigation on how this talent-based system affects attrition, this study examined graduates who joined the field artillery career field to ascertain if the various cadet traits quantified by the new branching system could function as predictors of performance at the field artillery’s postgraduate school. Previous research demonstrated that these talents and traits were predictors of cadets’ academic performance while still at West Point. This study serves as a follow-up investigation of the next phase of these new officers’ careers. Army officers who fail to complete the field artillery postgraduate course successfully demonstrate higher levels of job dissatisfaction and face many career hurdles that inhibit advancement. Understanding how the talent-based system predicts performance at the branch school can serve as a first measurement of person–job fit and inform leaders about the likelihood of officer attrition. While the talent-based traits were effective predictors of West Point academic performance, cadet grade point averages were more predictive of artillery school performance than were the measures of field artillery-specific talents and traits used in the branching system. The findings provide a potential predictive model for artillery school performance with a weighted balance between cognitive and noncognitive measurements. Keywords: United States Military Academy, Army officer branches, officer branching, graduate school predictors, cognitive and noncognitive predictors of academic performance, person–job fit, predictors of career longevity, hierarchical regression, multiple regression
Download or read book Using an Assessment Center to Predict Field Leadership Performance of Army Officers and NCOs written by Frederick N. Dyer and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During 1973 and 1974, the U.S. Army Infantry School (USAIS) Assessment Center (ACTR) at Fort Benning, GA., tested 408 officers and NCOs who were students in USAIS leadership courses. Field leadership performance ratings for these assessees were then obtained at 6- and 18-month intervals following graduation and assignment to new units. Complete rating data was obtained at 6 months for 159 of the original assessees and at 6 and 18 months for 108 of these assessees. Correlations between these ratings at 6 and 18 months averaged .66 for the different assessee groups, indicating a substantial degree of reliability for the rating instrument. Field leadership performance at 6 months was predicted by items in entry interview, a paper and pencil test, and a Person Description Blank. Taken together, however, the results indicate only marginal utility for the USAIS ACTR for prediction of the field leadership performance of junior officers and NCOs. Typically, the more assessor time required for an assessee measure, the less chance that the score would predict field leadership."--Abstract.
Download or read book Technical Research Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prediction of Combat Effectiveness of Military Academy Graduates written by Cecil D. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most critical job assignment for which West Point graduates are prepared is the capable leadership of military units in combat. An important research function in evaluating the effectiveness of the West Point selection and training program is to determine the relationship between measures of cadet performance and measures of later officer performance. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the ability of cadet measures to predict ratings of capability in leading military units in Korean combat"--Prelimimary page.
Download or read book Prediction of Officer Performance written by Louis P. Willemin and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Officer Prediction Task, established within the U.S. Army Personnel Research Office (USAPRO), has a requirement to provide the Army with improved techniques and prerequisites for selecting officers who have aptitudes and other characteristics to meet demands for successful performance in different types of officer command responsibility. The study was centered on the differential prediction of officer performance in the technical, administrative, and combat areas of assignment. Validation of the Differential Officer Battery (DOB), a battery of experimental predictors administered in 1961-1962, is in progress. Situational criterion measures, five for each of the three fields, were developed and integrated into a regularly scheduled testing operation administered since July 1963 in a simulated MAAG setting at the Officer Evaluation Center (OEC), Fort McClellan. Initial statistical processing has begun.
Download or read book Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army Research Task Summary written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Using an Assessment Center to Predict Field Leadership Performance of Army Officers and NCOs written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During 1973 and 1974, the U.S. Army Infantry School (USAIS) Assessment Center (ACTR) at Fort Benning, GA., tested 408 officers and NCOs who were students in USAIS leadership courses. Field leadership performance ratings for these assessees were then obtained at 6- and 18-month intervals following graduation and assignment to new units. Complete rating data was obtained at 6 months for 159 of the original assessees and at 6 and 18 months for 108 of these assessees. Correlations between these ratings at 6 and 18 months averaged .66 for the different assessee groups, indicating a substantial degree of reliability for the rating instrument. Field leadership performance at 6 months was predicted by items in entry interview, a paper and pencil test, and a Person Description Blank. Taken together, however, the results indicate only marginal utility for the USAIS ACTR for prediction of the field leadership performance of junior officers and NCOs. Typically, the more assessor time required for an assessee measure, the less chance that the score would predict field leadership. (Author).
Download or read book Follow Up Study of Officer Performance of West Point Graduates PJ 4086 13 written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Criterion Aspects of Army Research on the Prediction of Officer Performance written by Louis P. Willemin and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overall mission of the OFFICER PREDICTION Task of the U.S. Army Personnel Research Office is to develop improved techniques and prerequisites for selecting officers who have aptitudes and other characteristics to meet the demands for successful performance in combat, administrative, and technical assignments. The research program consists in essence of the development of a battery of tests--the Differential Officer Battery--and the determination of the effectiveness of these tests in differentially predicting officer performance in combat-type, administrative, and technical activities. Beginning in 1961, the tests were administered to approximately 4000 officers entering on active duty. After a year or more of service, 900 of these officers were evaluated in a series of situational performance tests--the Differential Officer Performance Battery--to obtain measures against which to gauge the effectiveness of the experimental predictors. The situational exercises were staged at the Officer Evaluation Center established for the purpose at Fort McClellan, Alabama. The present Research Study describing the testing operations at the Officer Evaluation Center reproduces a paper delivered as part of a symposium conducted by the Division of Military Psychology at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association held in September 1965 at Chicago, Illinois. (Author).
Download or read book AFPTRC TN written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prediction of Effective Officer Performance written by Louis P. Willemin and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present research is an attempt to develop tests which not only will be predictive of officer performance in general, but which also will be predictive of performance in specific assignment areas. These tests will permit identification of potential officers with various abilities that relate to performance in military assignments. The research represents an attempt to evaluate the hypothesis that the generalist concept must now be modified to recognize unique officer abilities and thus achieve maximum utilization of officer talent. The research being conducted in the area of predicting officer performance is intended to answer the question: Is it possible to achieve an early identification of individuals who possess certain specific abilities which are effective in predicting performance in specific officer job areas? Research with such an objective is described as concerned with DIFFERENTIAL abilities or performance. The search is for abilities which relate to success in one job area but do not relate to success in a different job area. If carried to an extreme, one could hypothesize a separate configuration of abilities for each unique military assignment. Such an extreme approach is neither desirable nor feasible at the present time.
Download or read book The American psychologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personality Hardiness as a Predictor of Officer Cadet Leadership Performance written by P. T. Bartone and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Future military officers must be highly resilient, resourceful, and quick to adjust in rapidly changing situations. In view of this, the time may be now to reconsider the role of normal personality traits that might influence leader performance. A promising personality dimension in this regard is known as "hardiness". High hardy persons have a strong sense of life and work commitment, a greater belief of control, and more openness to change and challenges in life. The present study examined one class of United States Military Academy cadets over time, testing the power of hardiness and several additional cognitive and personality variables to predict military leadership performance over a four-year period. In regression models predicting Military Development (MD) grades for each of four college years, as well as cumulative MD grades over four years, hardiness proved a strong and consistent predictor of military development grades for these officer cadets. It appears that hardiness -- this pervasive and steady sense of commitment, control, and challenge -- facilitates adaptation and performance in the highly stressful world of West Point Army officer cadets. Evidence from this study suggests that personality hardiness is advantageous for young and future U.S. Army officers. These findings have implications for officer selection and training.
Download or read book Journal of Vocational Behavior written by Lenore W. Harmon and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
