Labor Market Dimensions as Predictors of the Reenlistment Decisions of Military Personnel

Labor market variables (e.g., unemployment statistics) and perceptual measures of employment opportunity (e.g., perceived occupational demand) were used to predict the reenlistment decisions of 402 U.S. Air Force enlistees. With logistic regression analysis, 3 significant predictors of reenlistment...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1996-08, Vol.81 (4), p.421-428
Main Author: Steel, Robert P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air Force Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
Career Change
Choice Behavior
Decision making
Economic conditions
Employment
Employment decision
Employment opportunities
Enlisted Military Personnel
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Labor Market
Labour market
Male
Military personnel
Miscellaneous
Occupational Choice
Occupational psychology
Perception
Predictors
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reenlistment
USA
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Summary:Labor market variables (e.g., unemployment statistics) and perceptual measures of employment opportunity (e.g., perceived occupational demand) were used to predict the reenlistment decisions of 402 U.S. Air Force enlistees. With logistic regression analysis, 3 significant predictors of reenlistment were isolated. A combination of perceptual and objective job availability measures provided the best prediction of the reenlistment criterion.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.81.4.421