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IDENTIFYING DETERMINANTS OF RETENTION DECISIONS 1
Author(s) -
ROCCO J. M.,
PUGH W. M.,
GUNDERSON E. K. ERIC
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1977.tb02089.x
Subject(s) - attrition , psychology , linear discriminant analysis , sample (material) , service (business) , social psychology , demography , applied psychology , statistics , marketing , medicine , mathematics , sociology , business , chemistry , dentistry , chromatography
Variables from five domains—demography, social background, service history, satisfaction, and performance—were used in a discriminant analysis approach to distinguishing three groups of naval personnel: Those eligible to reenlist who do, those eligible who do not, and those not eligible. Discriminant weights were derived from a sample of 642 first‐term enlisted men and cross‐validated on a sample of 628. The results indicated that both pre‐service characteristics (demography and social background) and in‐service experiences (service history, satisfaction, and performance) contributed importantly to prediction of attrition/retention. Potential usefulness of this method, including implications for better understanding and control of manpower turnover were discussed.