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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7249/RR2280
来源IDRR-2280-A
Career Paths in the Army Civilian Workforce: Identifying Common Patterns Based on Statistical Clustering
Shanthi Nataraj; Lawrence M. Hanser
发表日期2018-10-31
出版年2018
语种英语
结论

Army civilians exhibit a diverse array of career trajectories, and most entrants into the Army civilian workforce spend a relatively short amount of time there

  • The researchers identified seven common career patterns among Army civilians.
  • Nearly two-thirds of all individuals in the cluster analysis were identified with a career pattern characterized as "Short-Term"; individuals in this career pattern spend an average of 5 years in the Department of Defense (DoD) civilian workforce.

Career patterns are related to a variety of individual and job characteristics

  • Women are more likely to be in career patterns that include short-term service, service in low grades, and a long gap in service.
  • Black and Hispanic individuals are more likely to be in one of the low-grade career patterns and less likely to be in the higher-grade patterns, relative to white individuals.
  • The youngest and oldest entrants into the DoD civilian workforce are more likely to be in the short-term pattern. However, young entrants are also more likely to be in career patterns characterized by eventual promotion to the highest grades, in the Army as well as in other parts of DoD.
  • More-educated individuals are more likely to be found in higher-grade patterns, which is consistent with higher educational requirements for positions at higher pay grades.
  • Individuals with prior military service are much less likely to be in the short-term pattern. They are also more likely to be mobile across DoD components and to exhibit a gap in service.
摘要

What does the career of a “typical” Army civilian look like? The conventional wisdom is that individuals who join the Army civilian workforce value the relatively high job security associated with government employment. Further, a common perception is that these individuals join the civilian workforce soon after earning a degree, spend a long career working for the Army, and then leave upon becoming eligible for retirement. However, if many Army civilians follow a different career trajectory — that is, if they spend only a few years working for the Army, or if they move among various Department of Defense (DoD) components — then workforce managers may need to tailor existing workforce management policies on hiring, training, and leadership development to account for these alternative career trajectories.

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To investigate these issues, the researchers identified individuals who entered the Army civilian workforce between fiscal years 1981 and 2000 and were on the General Schedule pay plan, and followed their careers until fiscal year 2015 or until they exited the DoD civilian workforce. The researchers then characterized the most common career patterns among these individuals using a statistical clustering method that identifies patterns of career trajectories that are the most similar in terms of length of service, promotion frequency and timing, and transfers between the Army and other DoD components. They also examined the extent to which each career pattern is related to individual and job characteristics.

目录
  • Chapter One

    Introduction

  • Chapter Two

    Methods and Data

  • Chapter Three

    Common Army Civilian Career Patterns

  • Chapter Four

    Career Patterns and Individual and Job Characteristics

  • Chapter Five

    Conclusions

  • Appendix A

    Creating the Dissimilarity Matrix Using Optimal Matching

  • Appendix B

    Career Program Mapping

  • Appendix C

    Summary Statistics for Sample

  • Appendix D

    Regression Results

主题Civilian Military Workforce ; Military Career Field Management ; Military Education and Training ; Occupational Training ; United States Army ; Workforce Diversity
URLhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2280.html
来源智库RAND Corporation (United States)
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Shanthi Nataraj,Lawrence M. Hanser. Career Paths in the Army Civilian Workforce: Identifying Common Patterns Based on Statistical Clustering. 2018.
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