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Improving gender diversity in the U.S. Coast Guard / Kimberly Curry Hall, Kirsten M. Keller, David Schulker, Sarah Weilant, Katherine L. Kidder, Nelson Lim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Kimberly Curry, author.
- Keller, Kirsten M., author.
- Schulker, David, author.
- Weilant, Sarah, author.
- Lim, Nelson, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Employee retention--United States.
- Employee retention.
- Women and the military--United States.
- Women and the military.
- Personnel management--Evaluation.
- Women.
- United States.
- United States. Coast Guard--Personnel management--Evaluation.
- United States. Coast Guard--Women.
- United States. Coast Guard.
- Other Title:
- Improving Gender Diversity in the U.S. Coast Guard
- Summary:
- The U.S. Coast Guard aims to attract, recruit, and retain a workforce from all segments of American society. Currently, however, women leave the active-duty Coast Guard at higher rates than men. This report documents the results of a mixed-methods study designed to help identify the root causes of female attrition in the active-duty Coast Guard. The study conducted a statistical analysis of Coast Guard personnel data to examine gender differences in retention trends and whether certain career and personnel characteristics could help explain the gender gap in retention. The study also conducted 164 focus groups with 1,010 active-duty Coast Guard women to better understand potential barriers to female retention; 27 focus groups with 127 active-duty men were also conducted to help identify retention factors that resonate with both men and women and those factors that may be unique to women. Based on the study findings, the report provides recommendations to help mitigate identified barriers and improve female retention within the Coast Guard.
- Contents:
- Summary.
- Chapter one, Introduction.
- Chapter two, Trends in the retention of women across the military and in the civilian workforce.
- Chapter three, Focus group findings on key retention factors.
- Chapter four, Quantitative findings on gender differences in retention.
- Recommendations.
- Appendixes.
- References.
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