Prospective outcome assessment for alternative recruit selection policies / by Bruce R. Orvis, Christopher E. Maerzluft, Sung-Bou Kim, Michael G. Shanley, Heather Krull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orvis, Bruce R., author.

Maerzluft, Christopher E., author.

Kim, Sung-Bou, author.

Shanley, Michael G., 1947- author.

Krull, Heather, author.

Contributor:

Rand Corporation, publisher.

Arroyo Center. Army Research Division, issuing body.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-2267-A.

Research report ; RR-2267-A

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc--Evaluation.

United States. Army.

Recruiting and enlistment--Methodology.

Labor turnover--United States--Prevention.

Employment stabilization--United States.

Employment stabilization.

Labor turnover.

Recruiting and enlistment.

Methodology.

Evaluation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 129 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation, [2018]

Summary:

"Selecting recruits who will complete their term of enlistment is very important for both maintaining Army readiness and minimizing cost. This report describes a recruit selection tool that estimates prospective outcomes and costs for different combinations of recruits' cognitive, noncognitive, demographic, physical, and behavioral attributes. The tool assesses the effects of multiple, simultaneous changes in the selection of prospects on losses during the first term, on the incidence of certain adverse personnel actions, and on specific reasons for early separation from the Army. This enables the Army to identify potential changes to selection of youth based on a variety of attributes in order to expand supply smartly or to decrease the rates of targeted adverse outcomes, and to strategically examine trade-offs in outcomes and costs associated with changes in the characteristics of the recruit cohort."--Publisher's description.

Selecting recruits who will complete their term of enlistment is very important for both maintaining Army readiness and minimizing cost. This report describes a recruit selection tool that estimates prospective outcomes and costs for different combinations of recruits' cognitive, noncognitive, demographic, physical, and behavioral attributes. The tool assesses the effects of multiple, simultaneous changes in the selection of prospects on losses during the first term, on the incidence of certain adverse personnel actions, and on specific reasons for early separation from the Army. This enables the Army to identify potential changes to selection of youth based on a variety of attributes in order to expand supply smartly or to decrease the rates of targeted adverse outcomes, and to strategically examine trade-offs in outcomes and costs associated with changes in the characteristics of the recruit cohort.

Contents:

Introduction

Research Approach for Initial Phase of Work

Construction of Recruit Characteristic Selection Tool and Simulation of Effects of Changes in Recruit Characteristics

Summary and Conclusions

Appendix A: Supplemental Analyses

Appendix B: Recruit Selection Tool Illustrations

Use of Recruit Selection Tool.

Notes:

"Prepared for the United States Army"--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129).

ISBN:

0833099884

9780833099884

OCLC:

1041762115