Investigation into the Predictors of Employment Intentions for Department of Defense Employees

摘要

The United States Department of Defense has at least three reasons to be interested in retaining quality personnel. First, employee turnover results in increased costs associated with hiring and training new personnel. Second, the government must continue to compete with the private sector for quality people. Finally, the Department of Defense will be competing for a declining number of people entering the work-force in the next decade as a result of the declining birth rate. In order to hold costs down and remain competitive with the private sector, the Department of Defense needs to thoroughly understand employment turnover. The objectives of this research were to identify the predictors of employment turnover and to quantify each predictor's employment turnover and to quantify each predictor's contribution to the overall employment intentions. Keywords: Personnel retention, Job satisfaction, Civilian personnel, Department of Defense, Government employees, Theses. (jes)