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Tuttle, Thomas C.; Hazel, Joe T. – 1974
The purpose of this report is to: (a) review certain major theories of work motivation, particularly as related to job satisfaction, (b) distill from such theories and other research, implications for an Air Force job satisfaction research program, and (c) provide a comprehensive bibliography of satisfaction/retention studies. The theoretical…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Job Satisfaction, Military Personnel, Military Service
Mangold, Sanford Dangler – 1973
The study develops a model which enables the Air Force to initiate recoupment action against any officer, who is separating from active service prior to the completion of a graduate education Active Duty Service Commitment (ADSC). It is set up to determine the amount of money owed by the early existing officer, at any point in the ADSC. The…
Descriptors: Colleges, Costs, Educational Finance, Graduate Study
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Tziner, Aharon – Social Behavior and Personality, 1983
Examined the factors in the choice of a military career, using a theoretical model. A number of factors are identified, including a need for security, a tendency to conformity, role status, and professional development that may be lost upon leaving the army. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Individual Needs, Military Personnel
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Kim, Julia M.; Hill, Randall W., Jr.; Durlach, Paula J.; Lane, H. Chad; Forbell, Eric; Core, Mark; Marsella, Stacy; Pynadath, David; Hart, John – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009
Negotiation skills are essential in everyday life, whether in a professional or personal context. Negotiation enables two parties to address misunderstandings and avoid conflicts through an exchange that depends as much on the interpersonal skills of the negotiators as the tactics employed. Acquiring these skills requires not only sound conceptual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Concept Formation, Cultural Context, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Reynolds, Craig Otis – 1974
Quality assurance is a vital part of any Navy contract administration activity. It is essential that the personnel involved in quality assurance be of extremely high caliber. The purpose of the paper is to develop a model of the educational background of an ideal quality assurance man. The paper outlines the functions which might be required of…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Job Analysis, Masters Theses, Military Personnel
Stephenson, Robert W.; And Others – 1973
A new, more specific language for describing work activities, based upon the duty module (clusters of tasks that tend to go together occupationally and organizationally in meaningful ways) is being designed for the Army. The purpose is to improve communications between resource and requirement planners and program operators. The paper proposes two…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Individual Testing, Military Personnel, Models
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Eitelberg, Mark J. – Youth and Society, 1978
In this article, the history of military representation in the United States is traced from the passage of the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940 to the present. Variables influencing representation are discussed and conceptual models of military representation are described. (WI)
Descriptors: Age, Blacks, Demography, Educational Background
Caffarella, Edward P.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1980
Focuses on the use of personnel to supervise, instruct, or assist training in a military environment and offers a model to assess the use of instructional personnel for self-paced courses. Some implications for nonmilitary education and training are indicated. (Author/MER)
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Military Training, Models, Pacing
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Ree, Malcolm James; Carretta, Thomas R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1994
Several confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) with a nationally representative sample of 11,078 subjects. Based on fit indexes, simple structure, and parsimony in parameter estimation, a three-factor hierarchical model was chosen. Two factors resemble those of P. E. Vernon (1969).…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit
Thomas, George – 1983
The feasibility of modelling the supply of 22- to 29-year-old enlistees was assessed. Key issues concerned the availability of data and the development of an appropriate methodology for making enlistment supply projections for 22- to 29-year-olds. The current status of supply modelling was reviewed, with particular attention being given to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Feasibility Studies, Human Resources, Labor Supply
Zirk, Deborah A.; And Others – 1987
Findings of previous scientific decision-making literature are reviewed in an effort to specify a model depicting the many facets of the individual military enlistment decision. Theories and/or models reviewed include decision theory, social judgment theory, information integration theory, conjoint measurement/unfolding theory, cognitive decision…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Enlisted Personnel
Mooz, W. E. – 1969
The results of the Rand study of pilot flows and the computer-operated decision model, called the PILOT model, are described. The flows of pilots within the Air Force are caused by policies that require the career-development rotation of pilots from cockpit jobs to desk jobs, the maintenance of a supplement of pilots in excess of cockpit-related…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Ellsworth, James B. – Military Review, 2000
The major change from an industrial to an information-based society has far-reaching implications for the profession of arms. This shift challenges many assumptions about soldier development and requires an aggressive response to retain the U.S. Army's edge despite an expanding mission and a shrinking budget. This article explores some of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Principles, Military Organizations, Military Personnel
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Chaiken, Scott R. – Intelligence, 1993
Two studies involving 333 military recruits investigate individual differences in time-accuracy functions of inspection time (IT) in terms of psychological models. Two alternative interpretations of IT time-accuracy functions (processing-distraction and processing-speed, and pure processing-speed "cascade" models) are considered in…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Goodness of Fit, Individual Differences
Bowen, Brent L.; And Others – 1972
The report describes the Army Individual Training Establishment and the model designed to simulate the training given by the 11 Army Training Centers and by the 54 Army Service Schools in terms of students/trainees and the instructor/trainer and overhead staffing and costs required to support the training requirements. The model accepts…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Mathematical Models, Military Personnel, Military Training
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