A model of career orientation for military Nurse Corps Officers.

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Lensing, Susan B.
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1984-12Advisor
Thomas, George W.
Second Reader
Borack, Jules I.
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The purpose of this thesis was to investigate whether
the perception of alternative job factors affected the
career orientation of military Nurse Corps officers in both
their initial and non-initial period of service obligation.
The sample was selected from the 1978 Department of Defense
Survey of Officer and Enlisted Personnel conducted by the
Rand Corporation. Nurses were divided into career orientation
groups according to years of service intended. The
groups were homogeneous with respect to demographic and
current job characteristics. Stepwise discriminant analyses
were performed to select the set of alternative job attributes
which best discriminated between each career orientation
group. Discriminant analyses were also performed on
each individual alternative job attribute to determine the
single best discriminator. Knowledge of the perception of
alternative job factors will provide manpower planners with
useful information to evaluate the effect of personnel policies
on the stay/leave decision of junior Nurse Corps
officers.
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