Download or read book Study of First Term Attrition Among Racial Ethnic Minorities in the Navy written by Emilson Espiritu and published by . This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of first-term enlisted attrition among racial/ethnic groups in the Navy. Previous research on attrition is limited with respect to racial or ethnic variables. The study uses a special data base developed by the Defense Manpower Data Center in Monterey, CA. The data base contains the records of over 500,000 male recruits who enlisted in the Navy during fiscal years 1983 through 1992. These people are tracked over a 48-month period to determine rates of first-term attrition. Cross-tabulation and frequency analysis are used to examine attrition rates by race, racial/ethnic group, and ethnicity (including 20 categories). Attrition rates for these groups are also evaluated according to several variables: Armed Forces Qualification Test category; high quality status (a combination of education and aptitude test scores); reasons for separation; and occupational area. The exploratory results reveal several trends between and within racial and ethnic groups, based on the selected variables. The results also confirm that a number of racial or ethnic groups have comparatively low rates of attrition. Further research is recommended to more fully explain underlying reasons for the relatively lower rates of attrition experienced by certain minorities.
Download or read book Study of Navy Enlisted Attrition Race Ethnicity and Type of Occupation written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of Navy first-term enlisted attrition among racial/ethnic minorities by comparing attrition rates in technical and nontechnical occupations. The study uses a special database developed by the Defense Manpower Data Center in Monterey, CA, that contains the records of 186,938 male recruits who enlisted in the Navy during calendar years 1996 through 2000. These individuals are tracked over a 4-year period to determine rates of failure to complete the initial enlistment contract. Cross-tabulation and frequency analysis are first used to examine attrition rates by race, racial/ethnic group, and ethnicity. The attrition behavior of these groups is then investigated using two factors shown to correlate with attrition: Armed Forces Qualification Test category and educational Tier Group. Finally, the attrition behavior of these groups is examined by assigned occupation, grouped by technical and nontechnical categories. The study finds that occupational assignment is related to the attrition behavior of first-term enlisted personnel, and that the relationship is different between Whites and most minorities. On average, Non-Hispanic Asians and Non-Hispanic Whites are more likely to attrite when assigned to a nontechnical job than to a technical one; in contrast, most minorities are far more likely to attrite when serving in a technical job. Further research is recommended to explore these results and to suggest approaches that might assist in lowering attrition rates among minorities, particularly those assigned to technical occupations.
Download or read book Minority Perceptions of Opportunities and Intentions to Stay in the Navy written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis investigates how perceptions of military opportunities affect the intentions of racial/ethnic minorities to remain in the U.S. Navy. The study uses responses of Navy personnel on the 1996 Armed Forces Equal Opportunity Survey to assess minority perceptions of equal opportunity. Logistic regression models are developed for male and female enlisted personnel and officers to determine the relationship between perceptions that opportunities are better in the military and the decision to stay on active duty or leave the Navy. The results of the quantitative analysis show that the positive perceptions about training opportunities and quality of life were significant most often, across all racial/ethnic groups and models. Further, the results show that, among racial/ethnic groups, blacks were most strongly influenced by perceptions in their retention plans. It is recommended that further research examine the relationship between racial/ethnic group and job assignments, or selection, along with the corresponding impact on perceptions and the effect of visible versus non-visible minority status on views of equal opportunity in the military.
Download or read book Blue Gold and Black written by Robert J. Schneller and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007-12-19 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the twentieth century, the U.S. Naval Academy evolved from a racist institution to one that ranked equal opportunity among its fundamental tenets. This transformation was not without its social cost, however, and black midshipmen bore the brunt of it. Blue & Gold and Black is the history of integration of African Americans into the Naval Academy. The book examines how civil rights advocates’ demands for equal opportunity shaped the Naval Academy’s evolution. Author Robert J. Schneller Jr. analyzes how changes in the Academy’s policies and culture affected the lives of black midshipmen, as well as how black midshipmen effected change in the Academy’s policies and culture. Most institutional history is written from the top down, while most social history is written from the bottom up. Based on the documentary record as well as on the memories of hundreds of midshipmen and naval officers, Blue & Gold and Black includes both perspectives. By examining both the institution and the individual, a much more accurate picture emerges of how racial integration occurred at the Naval Academy. Schneller takes a biographical approach to social history. Through written correspondence, responses to questionnaires, memoirs, and oral histories, African American midshipmen recount their experiences in their own words. Rather than setting adrift their humanity and individuality in oceans of statistics, Schneller uses their first-hand recollections to provide insights into the Academy’s culture that cannot be gained from official records. Covering the Jim Crow era, the civil rights movement, and the empowerment of African Americans from the late 1960s through the end of the twentieth century, Blue & Gold and Black traces the transformation of an institution that produces men and women who lead not only the Navy, but also the nation.
Download or read book First Term Enlisted Attrition Volume 1 Papers written by H. W. Sinaiko and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purposes of this meeting, cosponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of Naval Research, were: (1) to review what is known about attrition in the Services-its magnitude, current trends and costs, and how it is managed; (2) to learn about relevant research-both inside and out of the DOD-that deals with attrition; and (3) to identify gaps in our knowledge that could be addressed by new R and D. Among the topics discussed in this volume are: First-Term Enlisted Attrition Policies and Practices; The Absorption and Integration of Newcomers; Organizational Commitment and Personnel Attrition; Post High-School Drop-Outs (And Stayers); Individual, Organizational, and Environmental Influences on Turnover; A Longitudinal Study of Enlisted Personnel Attrition in the U.S. Marine Corps; Job Changing Behavior of Young Men in the Civilian Labor Market; Minimizing Adjustment Problems and Attrition Rates of Minority Military First-Term Enlisted Men; A Model to Analyze the Cost Impact of First-Term Attrition in the Navy and Marine Corps; and Quality of Marines-- Test scores, personal data, and performance.
Download or read book An Analysis of the Performance of Different Demographic Groups of Navy Enlisted Cohorts written by Thomas Haase and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the effectiveness of the U.S. Navy's enlisted personnel development policies. Regression analysis is utilized to assess longitudinal data from the 1979, 1982, and 1985 Navy enlisted cohorts. The thesis evaluates the potential of these data to predict the performance of enlisted personnel. A major focus of the thesis is the differential impact of racial ethnic background on performance. Some light is shed on the Navy's equal opportunity programs with respect to their short- and long-term influence on advancement rates for different racial/ethnic groups in the three cohorts. The results of the empirical analysis support the conclusion that racial/ethnic minorities tend to promote to pay grades E-4, E-5, and E-6 more slowly than non-minorities. However, the magnitude of the difference decreases for more recent cohorts and for promotion to the more senior ranks. The data suggest that the Navy's equal opportunity programs may have played a role in improving promotion times for racial/ethnic minority members.
Download or read book Attrition in Navy Recruit Training written by Michael A. White and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Watch on the First Term of Enlistment (First Watch) was implemented as a longitudinal study to document the core reasons for first-term enlisted attrition in the Navy. The current report examines attrition in RTC, base on the recruit's personal factors or experiences upon arrival at RTC. Results indicate there is reason to believe that RTC Graduates and attrites differ upon entry into RTC. RTC graduates were more positive at the beginning of RTC, about their experiences in the DEP, the preparation they received from their recruiter, their perceptions about the Navy, and the information they received from their recruiter. RTC graduates and attrites also seemed to have different reasons for joining the Navy, different educational, job experiences, stress coping capabilitiesm and overall fit with the Navy.
Download or read book Managing Diversity in the Military written by James Stewart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although diversity is a twentieth-century term, as the United States continues through the twenty-first century, the issue of diversity in society and in organizations is becoming more complex. Managing Diversity in the Military addresses current equal opportunity and diversity issues and explores how the military is attempting to resolve them.The research presented reflects interests of scholars from various backgrounds who use different models, approaches, and methodologies, many of which are adapted from the study of civilian institutions. The work is divided into five sections ""Contemporary Approaches to Managing Diversity,"" ""Diversifying Leadership: Equity in Evaluation and Promotion,"" ""Gender Integration and Sexual Harassment,"" ""Military Discipline and Race,"" and ""Where Do We Go from Here?"" which proposes future research directions for equal opportunity and diversity management in the armed forces.All of the areas explored in this accessibly written volume have counterparts in the civilian sector. The book offers insights, practical methodologies, and effective management guidelines for commanders, civilian-sector executives, and human resource practitioners responsible for equal opportunity programs and outcomes. This is now the standard social research tool in an area of profound practical concerns.
Download or read book An Analysis of the Performance of Different Demographic Groups of Navy Enlisted Cohorts written by Thomas Haase and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the effectiveness of the U.S. Navy's enlisted personnel development policies. Regression analysis is utilized to assess longitudinal data from the 1979, 1982, and 1985 Navy enlisted cohorts. The thesis evaluates the potential of these data to predict the performance of enlisted personnel. A major focus of the thesis is the differential impact of racial ethnic background on performance. Some light is shed on the Navy's equal opportunity programs with respect to their short- and long-term influence on advancement rates for different racial/ethnic groups in the three cohorts. The results of the empirical analysis support the conclusion that racial/ethnic minorities tend to promote to pay grades E-4, E-5, and E-6 more slowly than non-minorities. However, the magnitude of the difference decreases for more recent cohorts and for promotion to the more senior ranks. The data suggest that the Navy's equal opportunity programs may have played a role in improving promotion times for racial/ethnic minority members.
Download or read book A Study of Alternative Modeling Techniques of Attrition of First term Navy Enlisted Sailors written by J. Scott Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine enlisted Navy first-term attrition. Sailors who exit the Navy before completing the end of their first term of enlistment are a lost investment of direct costs (training) and indirect costs (force stability). The ability to predict individuals that are likely to attrite, and to accurately forecast the percentage of the force that is likely to leave early can potentially allow the Navy to proactively implement retention strategies. These strategies will result in maximization of training dollars invested in top performing Sailors. This study uses modeling techniques and conditional probabilities in an attempt to generate an improved predictive ability of attrition.
Download or read book Predictors of Navy Attrition I Analysis of 1 Year Attrition written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-term attrition, defined as failing to complete the contracted first enlistment term, is one of the most serious and costly problems faced by the U.S. Navy. This study was an investigation of 1-year Navy attrition in relation to demographic factors and variables assessed by the Sailors' Health Inventory Program (SHIP) questionnaire, a medical and psychosocial history questionnaire completed by all Navy recruits. Overall attrition, as well as specific categories of attrition (e.g., medical, behavioral, and administrative), were studied. The sample consisted of 66,690 Navy recruits whose status (retention vs. attrition) could be tracked to the 1-year mark. The strongest predictors of overall attrition were educational level, self-reported history of shortness of breath, ever being suspended or expelled from school, history of depression/excessive worry, fainting or dizziness, and recurrent back pain. Many other medical and psychosocial items from SHIP were also predictive of attrition. Similar factors were associated with different categories of attrition (e.g., medical, behavioral). The implications of these findings for attrition reduction strategies are discussed.
Download or read book Unauthorized Absence Desertion and Attrition Rates for First Term Navy Enlisted A Twelve Year Perspective written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The high rates of first-term attrition and desertion among naval personnel in recent years have become of increasing concern to manpower planners. Analysis of changing personnel characteristics and organizational policies, practices, and conditions as well as their relationships to first-term attrition are necessary to understand the nature and complexity of this problem. Excessive rates of enlisted turnover are both expensive and disruptive, wasting training investments and causing shortages of experienced personnel. This report provides a summary of historical information pertaining to selected factors that can be shown to affect attrition. Trends are examined over more than a decade to gain perspective on the problem and its probable causes.
Download or read book The Role of Social Support in First term Sailors Attrition from Recruit Training written by Jeffrey W. Lucas and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, the Navy enlists about 35,000 to 50,000 new recruits each year; and between 2002 and 2005 experienced first term attrition rates of about 25-30%. The First Watch project was designed to track cohorts of Navy recruits through their first term to determine the "root causes" of first term attrition. The present study examined the influence of social support and social undermining on attrition in general, and during Navy recruit training (RTC), in particular. The professional literature showed a complicated, but definite, association between social support and organizational attrition. Examination of First Watch data on social support in RTC showed significant positive associations between social support from family and the Recruit Division Commanders (RDC) and graduation from RTC, but negative associations were found between RTC graduation and support from friends and fellow recruits. Surprisingly, both RTC graduates and attrites reported social undermining from fellow recruits, but perceived social undermining from RDCs, family, friends, and fellow recruits were significantly predictive of attrition in RTC.
Download or read book A Descriptive Analysis of First Term Attrition from U S Naval Ships written by Carl Glynn Carlson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis was conducted to analyze certain factors effecting first-term attrition from U.S. Naval ships. The Survival Tracking File (STF) was used as the primary data source, and from it files were constructed that permitted three areas of study. First, the overall cohort of a year's worth of first term enlistees was examined. The survival curve for the cohort was generated and individual monthly cohorts were examined for attrition patterns. Secondly, overall attrition percentages were calculated for individual ships and for classes of ships and these attrition percentages were then examined for differences using statistical techniques. An ANOVA model using transformed data proved accurate in explaining attrition variance. Lastly, a comparison between attrition per month and underway hours per month was made for classes of ships and for individual ships of three specific classes. A rough relationship was observed, for certain classess of ships, between peaks of high underway hours and peaks of attrition. In looking at individual aircraft carriers, the attrition percentage seemed to be inversely proportional to underway hours per month. Several of these findings warrant further investigation so that the Navy may more fully understand it attrition problem and thereby take steps to alleviate it. (Author).
Download or read book First Term Attrition in the Navy written by Gerald E. Larson and published by . This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 18% of Navy recruits leave the service within the first 6 months, and more than 37% are discharged before the end of their first term. By reducing the attrition rate, the Navy could slash costs for recruiting, training, equipment, and related expenses. The purpose of this research was to identify major individual and organizational factors that cause attrition, and to develop a set of interventions or recommendations for reducing attrition. Interviews were conducted with Navy personnel to determine perceptions of the types of individuals who are most likely to attrite and the organizational factors that increase attrition. Results from the interviews were then combined with other data, including Navy documents such as official instructions and press releases, government technical reports and briefings, media sources such as The Navy Times, and a variety of unofficial Navy surveys and meeting notes that were volunteered by respondents during interviews. Overall results and recommendations are reported separately for boot camp, A" school, and fleet attrition, which together represent the major stages of a Sailor's first term of enlistment.
Download or read book Analysis of the Effectiveness of RTC CREDO to Counter First Term Enlisted Attrition written by William J Keating (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A statistical analysis was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the experimental program, RTC CREDO, to counter first-term enlisted attrition in the Navy. The results of this study demonstrate that the RTC CREDO experiment was successful in reducing first term enlisted attrition by 1.22 percent after 14 months of service when compared to a control group. This difference was not statistically significant at the .05 level. The reduction in attrition gained by the RTC CREDO experiment appears at this time to be inefficient with respect to the cost of the program. It is recommended that the RTC CREDO program in its present form and with its present contribution toward reducing first-term attrition be discontinued, unless the difference between control group and CREDO attrition rates increases markedly by the time the cohort finish their first enlistment periods. (Author).
Download or read book Navy Pattern of Misconduct Discharges A Study of Potential Racial Effects written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate the equity of pattern- of-misconduct discharges for blacks and whites. The Enlisted Training Tracking File and Field Service Records were used to obtain career information and discipline data for a random sample of 322 white and 293 black men who were discharged for pattern of misconduct in fiscal year 1992. The results of this study were: (1) Differences found in the general characteristics of blacks and whites in this sample reflect those found Navy-wide and in another equity-in- discipline report. (2) Race did not consistently affect the number of disciplinary actions that an individual was awarded before being discharged, the speed with which an administrative discharge was initiated, or the dischargee's character of separation. (3) Differences were detected in the types of violations that led to the disciplinary actions and the types and degree of punishment that were awarded. (4) As was found in two previous studies, blacks violated Article 91-Insubordinate conduct-proportionately more often than did whites. (5) The statistically significant results did not reveal a trend favoring blacks or whites. Thus, on average, blacks and whites who are discharged for patterns of misconduct are treated comparably. Discipline, Non- judicial punishment, Court-martial, Equal opportunity, Blacks, race, Discharges/ separation, Attrition.
