Study of the Attitudes of Acquisition Managers and Engineers at Aeronautical Systems Division and Space Systems Division.

摘要

Air Force junior officers in the 27xx (acquisition manager) and 28xx (engineer) career fields at Aeronautical Systems Division (ASD) and Space Systems Division (SSD) were surveyed to determine various attitudes toward their jobs. The purpose behind examining the job attitudes at ASD and SSD was to determine if the matrix organization at ASD was aiding in the retention of engineers and increasing the overall job satisfaction of Air Force junior officers in these two fields. It was hypothesized that ASD was better at distinguishing the engineering and management backgrounds of its officers through use of the matrix organization and that officers in jobs more closely related to their education and background would report more positive career intentions. The matrix organization at ASD attempts to match engineer and acquisition manager personnel to jobs which are closer to their backgrounds and education while SSD makes much less of a distribution between the two career fields. Keywords: Job satisfaction; Motivation; Manpower utilization; Military personnel. (jes)