Career-path classification for professional scientific and engineering personnel.
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Authors
Spangenberg, Donald Norman
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Weitzman, R.A.
Morrison, R.F.
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1978-09
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
The Navy has a vested interest in the development of the
career paths of its military and civilian personnel. Of
particular interest is the career-path classification of the
professional scientific and engineering employees of the Navy's
laboratories. This research is an exploratory study designed
to develop a career-path classification tool for managers to use
in conjunction with other tools and data when making a variety tmlmdof
personnel decisions. The benefits of such a tool are
described. A test instrument composed of the Kuder Preference
Record-Vocational and the Kuder Preference Record-Personal
was selected. Data were collected from 39 Navy professional
scientific and engineering personnel, who were classified
by their supervisors as being either "Administrative",
"Managerial," or "Technological " professionals. Twenty-nine
participants were selected to form a validation groupl Three
analyses were made and a career-path classification tool was
developed.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.