Employee Retention and Psychological Health: Evidence from Military Recruits
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Authors
Cunha, Jesse M.
Arkes, Jeremy
Lester, Paul
Shen, Yu-Chu
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retention
psychological health
attrition
military
recruiting
psychological health
attrition
military
recruiting
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2014-11
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Abstract
We estimate the relationship between psychological attributes of U.S. Army recruits soon after
enlistment and their propensity to leave service. We find that those with the worst psychological
health are more likely to terminate employment, and we show how identifying psychologically
unfit candidates prior to their employment can reduce the likelihood of future turnover and
associated personnel costs. These findings have broad application to other stressful occupations
such as firefighters, policemen, and first-responders.
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Business & Public Policy (GSBPP)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This work was supported by the U.S. Department of the Army under Contract number R8FVT.
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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.