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Balancing quality of life with mission requirements : an analysis of personnel tempo on U.S. Coast Guard major cutters / Jennie W. Wenger, Maria C. Lytell, Kimberly Curry Hall, Michael L. Hansen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wenger, Jennie W., author.
- Lytell, Maria C., 1979- author.
- Hall, Kimberly Curry, author.
- Hansen, Michael L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Employee retention--United States.
- Employee retention.
- Quality of work life--United States.
- Quality of work life.
- Armed Forces--Sea life.
- Armed Forces.
- Personnel management.
- Seafaring life.
- United States.
- United States. Coast Guard--Sea life.
- United States. Coast Guard--Personnel management.
- United States. Coast Guard.
- Other Title:
- Balancing Quality of Life with Mission Requirements
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation 2019
- Summary:
- The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has a broad set of missions in the maritime domain, including 11 statutory missions across the categories of maritime safety, maritime security, and maritime stewardship. Among its assets for accomplishing these missions are major cutters — large, oceangoing vessels capable of spending substantial amounts of time away from their home ports. The USCG faces a challenge in determining the optimal length of days away from home port for personnel on major cutters. Confronting this challenge requires an understanding of how personnel tempo (PERSTEMPO) relates to USCG servicemember behavior. However, the empirical relationship between days spent away from home port and servicemember behavior is unknown. To help address this knowledge gap, the authors analyze how servicemembers respond to various levels of PERSTEMPO, as well as the effects of working conditions and incentives on these responses.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Descriptive Statistics of USCG Personnel and of Cutter Movements and a Discussion of Special and Incentive Pays
- PERSTEMPO, Working Conditions, and Retention: A Brief Review of the Literature
- Project Methodology: Quantitative and Qualitative
- Quantitative Models Explaining Retention and Promotion Within the Cutter Community
- Focus Groups with Major Cutter Crews
- Conclusions
- Appendix A: Quantitative Data, Definitions, and Details
- Appendix B: Focus Group Materials
- Appendix C: Qualitative Coding Guide
- Appendix D: Subject-Matter Expert Discussion Protocols
- Appendix E: Regression Results.
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