Attrition of PMU personnel compared to attrition from the U.S. Navy male enlisted population

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Butcher, Marvin E.
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1980-09Advisor
Elster, Richard
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This thesis is a study of the differences in first-term
personnel attrition between the Positive Motivation Unit (PMU)
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RTC Great Lakes, 111. and a sample of the U. S. Navy male recruit
population (control) , for a period covering January 1977
through September 1979. Eleven cohorts, of 90 days each, for
the PMU and control groups were tracked over the period (1977-
197 9) and their attrition rates were compared. Cross-tabulation,
discriminant, and multiple regression analyses were performed
to examine PMU and control groupings and their observed
attrition. The traditional biographic/demographic variables
explained only a small portion of the variance in the dependent
variable (survival) , while the inclusion of certain situational
variables, such as initial duty assignment, greatly increased
the accuracy of the prediction of survival, for both the PMU and
the control groups. The results of this study indicate that
attrition has some determinants that are somewhat controllable
by the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel,
and Training) . These determinants should aid Navy managers in
preparing initiatives to combat attrition.
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