Person-Oriented Job Analysis for Identifying Skills and Personality Attributes to be Assessed in Officer Selection

摘要

The purpose of the present research was to identify personality constructs to be assessed in the selection of officers in the Turkish Armed Forces using a personality-oriented job analysis approach. Personality-oriented job analytic interviews were conducted both with currently employed and former officers (N = 78). Content-analysis of the interviews led to the identification of a list of attributes presumed to be relevant. The attributes were then rated by a group of officers (N = 447) for relevance and importance. Principal component analysis of the weighted relevance ratings resulted in five personality dimensions as being relevant for the job of an officer: Conscientiousness/Self-Discipline, Military Factor, Self-Confidence, Agreeableness- Extraversion, and Leadership.