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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7249/RR1288
来源IDRR-1288-OSD
Can We Explain Gender Differences in Officer Career Progression?
Beth J. Asch; Trey Miller; Gabriel Weinberger
发表日期2016-08-17
出版年2016
语种英语
结论

The Largest Differences Between Male and Female Officers' Career Progression Occurred in the Probabilities of Being Retained as an O3, Being Promoted to O4, and Being Retained as an O5

  • The observed differences in job and individual characteristics between male and female officers explain some but not all of the differences in the likelihood of reaching retention and promotion milestones.
  • Among the differences in observed characteristics, family factors — specifically, marital status and age and presence of dependents — are consistently important. Women's lower likelihood of being in a tactical occupation, lower levels of deployment experience, and increased likelihood to have entered in a recent cohort were also notable contributors to gender differences in the career pipeline.
  • The observed differences in career progression between male and female officers are also partly explained by differences in the association between a given characteristic and the likelihood of achieving a given career milestone.
  • Several factors contributed to the portion of the gender gap attributable to differences in the association between characteristics and the likelihood of achieving a given career milestone, though no single factor was the primary contribution. That said, male and female officers with the same family status, in terms of marital status and age and presence of children, had different likelihoods of reaching several career milestones.
  • Overall, marital status and dependent status were generally major contributors to gender differences in officer career progression.
  • Among married officers, being a dual-military spouse appeared to have had little or no role in contributing to gender differences in career progression.
  • Entry year also contributed to the gender gap in career progression because female officers were less likely to be represented in earlier cohorts, and the association between entry year and retention and promotion differed between male and female officers in a way that led to lower retention and promotion rates for female officers.
摘要

An ongoing concern in the Department of Defense is the lack of diversity among officers in the senior ranks. To address the gap in quantitative information on differences in the career progression of officers based on gender, as well as the factors that explain these differences, the authors analyzed career progression as a series of retention and promotion outcomes, using longitudinal data on officers to track cohorts of officers over their careers. The data include information on job-related characteristics, such as occupation, source of commission, and deployments, and on individual characteristics, such age and marital status (including dual-military status).

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The report finds that gender differences in career progression can be explained partly by differences in job-related and individual characteristics and partly by differences in the association between these characteristics and the likelihood of achieving a given career milestone. For example, male and female officers with the same family status, in terms of marital status and age and presence of children, had different likelihoods of reaching several career milestones. Policies that reduce differences in job and individual characteristics will contribute to reducing the gender gap in officer career progression but will not eliminate it. Additional attention must be given to structural factors, including how retention decisions and the promotion process differ for male and female officers with the same characteristics, and to potential differences in factors that are more difficult to observe, such as gender differences in attitudes toward military service and performance.

目录
  • Chapter One

    Introduction

  • Chapter Two

    Overview of Data and Methods

  • Chapter Three

    Descriptive Statistics and Regression Results

  • Chapter Four

    Decomposition of Gender Differences in the Likelihood of Achieving Career Milestones

  • Chapter Five

    Concluding Thoughts

  • Appendix A

    Blinder-Oaxaca Methodology

  • Appendix B

    Detailed Results

主题Gender Equity in the Workplace ; Military Career Field Management ; Military Officers ; Military Personnel Retention ; Workforce Diversity ; Workforce Management
URLhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1288.html
来源智库RAND Corporation (United States)
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Beth J. Asch,Trey Miller,Gabriel Weinberger. Can We Explain Gender Differences in Officer Career Progression?. 2016.
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