Perspectives on Reserve Attrition

Download or read book Perspectives on Reserve Attrition written by Glenda Y. Nogami and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reports and analyzes results of the ARI Survey of Army National Guard/Army Reserve. Supervisors and peers of attritees were asked to rate 36 reasons for leaving the Reserves. Their responses provide information that may be useful in understanding the high turnover rates of Reserve personnel. However, we hypothesize that the survey items may reflect a smaller number of unobserved factors that include conflicts with civilian job or school, lack of leisure time, conflict with family responsibilities, dissatisfaction with Reserve duties, low pay and lack of promotion potential, and health problems. Factor analysis is used to test the factor structure hypothesis. Peer and supervisor responses are compared to identify differences in frequencies and in the factor structure. Because peers and supervisors were asked to rate separation motives for the same attritees, differences in responses between the two groups should be a function of variations in perceptions. Keywords: Morale, Army personnel.