FULL-TIME VS. PART-TIME: AN EVALUATION OF THE COMPETITIVENESS OF RESERVE OFFICERS BY COMMISSIONING SOURCE
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Authors
Becker, Michael S.
Subjects
personnel
reserve
manpower management
human resource management
talent management
retention
separation
military
Marine Corps
Department of Defense
reserve component
Selected Reserve
SelRes
Selected Marine Corps Reserve
SMCR
Individual Mobilization Augmentee
IMA
performance
fitness reports
Reserve Officer Commissioning Program
ROCP
direct commissions
reserve
manpower management
human resource management
talent management
retention
separation
military
Marine Corps
Department of Defense
reserve component
Selected Reserve
SelRes
Selected Marine Corps Reserve
SMCR
Individual Mobilization Augmentee
IMA
performance
fitness reports
Reserve Officer Commissioning Program
ROCP
direct commissions
Advisors
Hartmann, Latika
Bacolod, Marigee
Date of Issue
2022-03
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
This research examines whether the quality of officers commissioned under the Reserve Officer Commissioning Program (ROCP) differs from those officers who entered the reserve component with a prior period of active service. As the ROCP matures, more officers serve in the Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) without serving their initial service obligation in the active component. Officers commissioned via the ROCP will not have the same saturation of active service. I seek to determine whether the concept that active component service improves an officer’s performance is true. Using measures of performance and retention, I analyze whether there is a difference between ROCP officers when compared to reserve officers with prior active service. The results show that while certain variables contribute to a statistically significant difference in relative values between the two groups of officers, the value of these differences is too small to be economically meaningful. Ultimately, I find that the performance of ROCP officers and officers with prior active service is similar.
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Department of Defense Management (DDM)
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