Download or read book A Quantitative Model of the Considerations Determining Enlistment and Reenlistment Behavior written by Stuart H. Rakoff and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project was designed to improve the understanding and modeling of the decisions, made each year by thousands of first-term soldiers, to reenlist in the Army or to leave for civilian jobs and school. A model of the reenlistment decision formulated from a decision-analytic perspective was developed, based on an extensive review of the literature in the areas of military personnel, job satisfaction and job change, and decision theory, as well as from focus groups conducted with first-term soldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia. A multicomponent decision-modeling approach incorporating attitudinal, normative, and affective predictors of reenlistment intent was then developed, along with a set of instruments to capture data on these components. Consistent with previous findings for an enlistment task, the analysis of the pilot test data indicated that the three components predicted reenlistment intent in the following rank order: affect, attitudinal, and normative. The results also suggest that the Army has available tools for influencing these reenlistment decisions that are much more varied than the limited set of mainly economic factors that are now predominant in these programs. Specifically, the affective component dominated the economic variables in predicting reenlistment intent for this limited sample of soldiers, and may be an important reenlistment program and policy lever in the future. Keywords: Military personnel, Retention.

Download or read book A Model of Reenlistment Behavior written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A logit model was applied to estimate the effect of selective reenlistment bonuses (SRBs) on the retention rates of Army Soldiers. The model was estimated separately by occupational group and by first (zone A), second (zone B) and third term (zone C) reenlistment decisions. An "annualized cost of leaving" (ACOL) variable was constructed to estimate the net financial returns to reenlisting in the Army compared to leaving for the civilian sector. The model was estimated using data on actual reenlistments from the period FYl99O tlirough FY2OOO. The effects of SRBs on reenlistments at Zones A, B, and C were estimated at three levels of occupational aggregation-all Army, CMF, and MOS. After out-of-sample testing, we re-specified and re-estimated the model. In general, the results for Zone A at all levels of occupational aggregation indicate that reenlistment bonuses have a positive and statistically significant effect on Zone A reenlistments. The magnitude of the effect varied by occupation, but a one-level increase in SRB at Zone A typically increases the reenlistment rate by three to seven percentage points, depending upon the occupation. The results for Zone B are also solid at both the CMF and MOS levels. Results for Zone C, where reenlistment rates are typically very high, were reasonably solid but not as good as the Zone A and B results. We were unable to obtain positive, statistically significant ACOL parameter estimates for a small number of occupation groups. Statistically significant effects for demographic control variables and labor market conditions were also obtained.

Download or read book Models of the First term Reenlistment Decision written by Winston Chow and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Uses data on 4,000 first-term Army, Navy, and Air Force enlisted personnel to construct a model of reenlistment based on survey measures of the value of regular military compensation (RMC), bonuses, in-kind and in-cash allowances, and negative aspects of the service environment. Concludes that reenlistment rates would rise significantly if RMC were increased, but that changes in the other factors would have negligible effect. Reenlistment rates were higher among personnel who received higher bonus payments, among females and nonwhites, and among those who received the dependent quarters allowance in kind instead of in cash. Rates were lower among those who underestimated the value of their compensation, who had completed high school education or more, whose test scores indicated high mental ability, and who served in the Air Force. Although rises in RMC are effective, the authors concluded that shifting to all-cash compensation would entail dislocations that could outweigh the beneficial effects on reenlistment."--Rand abstracts.

Download or read book An Expectancy Theory Approach to the Study of Reenlistment Behavior in the Military written by Dale R. McKemey and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Estimating Dynamic Models of Quit Behavior The Case of Military Reenlistment written by Thomas Dayka and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We estimate the effect of financial incentives for reenlistment on military retention rates using a stochastic dynamic programming model. We show that the computational burden of the model is relatively low even when estimated on panel data with unobserved heterogeneity. The estimates of the model show strong effects of military compensation, especially of retirement pay, on retention rates. We also compare our model with simpler-to-compute models and find that all give approximately the same fit but that our dynamic programming model gives more plausible predictions of policy measures that affect military and civilian compensation at future dates. We use our model to simulate the effect of recent changes by the military aimed at reducing reenlistment rates.

Download or read book A Quantitative Model of the Considerations Determining Enlistment and Reenlistment Behavior written by Stuart H. Rakoff and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project was designed to improve the understanding and modeling of the decisions, made each year by thousands of first-term soldiers, to reenlist in the Army or to leave for civilian jobs and school. A model of the reenlistment decision formulated from a decision-analytic perspective was developed, based on an extensive review of the literature in the areas of military personnel, job satisfaction and job change, and decision theory, as well as from focus groups conducted with first-term soldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia. A multicomponent decision-modeling approach incorporating attitudinal, normative, and affective predictors of reenlistment intent was then developed, along with a set of instruments to capture data on these components. Consistent with previous findings for an enlistment task, the analysis of the pilot test data indicated that the three components predicted reenlistment intent in the following rank order: affect, attitudinal, and normative. The results also suggest that the Army has available tools for influencing these reenlistment decisions that are much more varied than the limited set of mainly economic factors that are now predominant in these programs. Specifically, the affective component dominated the economic variables in predicting reenlistment intent for this limited sample of soldiers, and may be an important reenlistment program and policy lever in the future. Keywords: Military personnel, Retention.

Download or read book Serving Away from Home written by James R. Hosek and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2002 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does deployment affect reenlistment? The authors look at this particular issue in wake of the high rate of military deployment throughout the 1990s and with the prospect that deployment will rise even more in the coming years. The research finds that reenlistment was higher among members who deployed compared with those who did not. The analysis suggests that past deployment influences current reenlistment behavior because it enables members to learn about their preferences for deployment.

Download or read book Reenlistment Behavior of First and Second Term Marine Corps Enlisted Personnel written by Thomas A. Finn and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis investigates the reenlistment behavior of first-term and second-term enlisted Marines. The data set consists of Marines who have less than two years remaining on their enlistment contract and is divided into subsets to measure behavior differences between first and second term Marines and also between combat arms and non-combat arms occupational fields. Actual reenlistment behavior combined with survey data from the 1985 Survey of Officer and Enlisted Personnel are used to measure the importance of individual attitudes towards various aspects of military life on the reenlistment behavior. The analysis is completed by using a logit, maximum-likelihood estimation technique which calculates the probability that a marine will reenlist given his set of specific characteristics. This thesis also measures the validity of using an individual's stated intention to reenlist as a surrogate for actual reenlistment behavior. The results confirm previous research in this area and identify potential changes in the reenlistment behavior of women. Theses. (SDW).

Download or read book Analysis of Second Term Reenlistment Behavior written by John R. Hiller and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the reenlistment intentions of enlisted personnel in their second term of military service. Data were taken from the DoD Survey of Enlisted Personnel, completed in mid-1979. About 2500 enlistees (from all services) met the working definition of having less than one year remaining in their second term, having served six to ten years, and having achieved a pay grade of E3 through E7. A statistical analysis (logistic regression model) was tailored to each service: it related the survey respondent's reenlistment intentions to four types of factors: compensation, promotion, location, and job satisfaction. Compensation and promotion emerged as the key factors, the others assuming varying degrees of importance in different services. As a reenlistment incentive, however, guaranteed location of choice emerged as potentially important, along with bonuses, shorter reenlistment periods, and increased probability of promotion. (See also R-717, R-2935, R-2152, R-2468). (Author).

Download or read book Analysis of Second term Reenlistment Behavior written by John Robert Hiller and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the reenlistment intentions of enlisted personnel in their second term of military service. Data were taken from the 1979 Department of Defense [Survey of Personnel Entering Military Service]. About 2,500 enlistees (from all services) met the working definition of having less than one year remaining in their second term, having served six to ten years, and having achieved a pay grade of E3 through E7. A statistical analysis (logistic regression model) was tailored to each service; it related the survey respondent's reenlistment intentions to four types of factors: compensation, promotion, location, and job satisfaction. Compensation and promotion emerged as the key factors, the others assuming varying degrees of importance in different services. As a reenlistment incentive, however, guaranteed location of choice emerged as potentially important, along with bonuses, shorter reenlistment periods, and increased probability of promotion.

Download or read book A Study of Navy First Term Reenlistments written by Dennis Albert Altergott and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It occasionally happens in economic analyses that the correctly specified model contains variables for which no observed data have been collected. When the data in a linear regression model are cross-sectional it is possible, under certain conditions on the nature of the variables, to estimate the independent effects of a specific set of explanatory variables on the dependent variable. A procedure for doing this is presented. A commonly used model of reenlistment behavior, for which the data base is cross-sectional, satisfies the requisite conditions. This permits the estimation of the independent effect of the military wage on reenlistment rate, as an illustration of the proposed procedure. (Author).

Download or read book A Study of Navy First Term Reenlistments written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It occasionally happens in economic analyses that the correctly specified model contains variables for which no observed data have been collected. When the data in a linear regression model are cross-sectional it is possible, under certain conditions on the nature of the variables, to estimate the independent effects of a specific set of explanatory variables on the dependent variable. A procedure for doing this is presented. A commonly used model of reenlistment behavior, for which the data base is cross-sectional, satisfies the requisite conditions. This permits the estimation of the independent effect of the military wage on reenlistment rate, as an illustration of the proposed procedure. (Author).

Download or read book The Estimation of United States Army Reenlistment Rates written by Michael J. Streff and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Causal Model of Behavior Applied to Sexual Harassment and Reenlistment Behavior of Enlisted Navy Women written by Shelley Ann Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Correlates of First term Reenlistment Behavior Aboard Navy Ships written by John R. Bruni and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retention of adequate numbers of Naval personnel upon completion of their first enlistment is crucial not only because of the prohibitive costs of replacing certain highly trained specialists, but also due to the need for experienced, competent, and committed personnel in the higher enlisted ranks. However, as a result of the shift to an all-volunteer military environment, the Navy must now compete more directly with civilian industry for its manpower. The present study explored facets of the shipboard work environment which were related to the reenlistment behavior of sailors in the final two years of their first enlistment. Reenlistment behavior was investigated for both individuals and types of divisions aboard Naval ships. Individual reenlistment behavior was related to socio-economic variables and external satisfaction, and to the sailor's psychological climate or perceptions of his work milieu. Psychological climate dimensions of greatest importance to reenlistment were Professional and Organizational Esprit de Corps, and Job Challenge, Variety and Importance.

Download or read book An Explanatory Analysis of First Term Reenlistment Modeling Using the Persmart Data Warehouse written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy Bureau of Personnel has constructed a data warehouse (PerSMART) for use by Navy manpower planners. PerSMART is currently building a Retention Monitoring Module (RMM) intended to give Navy manpower planners a way of quickly assessing the impact of current and proposed policies on enlisted retention within the Navy. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the structure of PerSMART and identify possible data and models that could be useful in the construction of the Retention Modeling Module (RMM). The first part of this thesis conducts a literature review of studies looking at civilian and military retention and the effects of compensation, in particular Selective Reenlistment Bonuses (SRB), on retention, The second half of this thesis estimates and specifies a model examining the effects of SRBs on the retention behavior of Zone A sailors at the reenlistment decision point during fiscal years 1995-2001. The model shows a positive relationship exists between SRBs and retention. A one-unit increase in the SRB multiple was found to increase the probability of reenlistment by 3.6 percentage points on average. However, the marginal effect varied across rating groups from 0.8 to 10.4 percentage points. Finally, recommendations are given for future model specifications and sources of data.

Download or read book Serving Away from Home How Deployments Influence Reenlistment written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our research considered whether deployment affects the reenlistment of enlisted members and why. A fundamental underlying question was why past deployment should exert any influence on current reenlistment behavior. We suggest that a relationship exists because deployment enables members to learn about their preferences for deployment and about the frequency and duration of deployment. We hypothesized that members enter military service with naive expectations about how much they will like deployment, the frequency and duration of deployment, and the variance of frequency and duration. These expectations are revised following an actual deployment experience. We described this learning mechanism as a Bayesian updating process. Although each deployment has its own characteristics, we hypothesized that learning occurs because deployments have common aspects-such as the separation from family and friends; the opportunity to apply training on missions, risks; the opportunity to demonstrate proficiency, resolve, and courage; as well as the possible sense of personal fulfillment. If deployment proves to be more satisfying than expected, the member revises upward his or her expected utility of remaining in service.