A survey of officer career values in the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps and their effect on retention
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Authors
Dudley, Robert Michael
Hoyle, Richard Denis
Subjects
Officer retention
Army officer retention
Marine Corps officer retention
Job satisfaction
Career values
Army officer retention
Marine Corps officer retention
Job satisfaction
Career values
Advisors
McGonigal, Richard A.
Rousseau, Denise M.
Date of Issue
1979-12
Date
December 1979
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This study examined to attitudes of Army and Marine Corps officers towards a set of career rewards, investigated the probability that these officers would receive the desired career rewards during their military careers and attempted to determine what relationship existed between the officers'' perceptions of important career rewards and their decision to remain in or leave the military. A survey was conducted on a random sample of 92 Army officers from the 7th Infantry Division, Ft. Ord, California and 119 Marine Corps officers from the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California. The results indicated that intrinsic rewards were perceived, overall, more important than extrinsic rewards. Further, respondents perceived the probability of receiving these important intrinsic rewards as quite low. This perception was found to correlate highly with the officers' career decisions.
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Department
Department of Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.