Retention and promotion rates of Naval female officers.

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by  Reed, Sheena L.;Mehay, Stephen L.;Bowman, William R.

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THESIS
RETENTION AND PROMOTION
RATES OF
NAVAL FEMALE OFFICERS
by
Sheena L. Reed
December, 1991
Thesis Co- Advisors: Stephen L. Mehay
William R. Bowman
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RETENTIONANDPROMOTIONRATESOF NAVALFEMALEOFFICERS
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Master'sThesis From To December 1991 57
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TheviewsexpressedinthisthesisarethoseoftheauthoranddonotreflecttheofficialpolicyorpositionoftheDepartmentofDefenseortheU.S.
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FIELD GROUP SUBGROUP NavalOfficers SelectionBoardPerformance
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Promotion Retention ln-zonePass
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ThequestionofwhichfactorsinfluencetheretentionandpromotionratesoffemaleofficersacrosscommunitiesintheNavyisthefocus
ofthisthesis. Thethesisstatisticallyexaminestheimpactofamyriadofsocioeconomicandpersonalvariablesuponfemalepromotionand
retention.Multivariatelogitregressiontechniquesareutilizedtoanalyzeandidentifythefactorsthatareimportantinthepromotionand
retentionoffemaleNavalofficers.Bothsocioeconomicandpersonalcharacteristicsarefoundtobeimportantvariablesaffectingthe
promotionandretentionratesoffemaleofficers.
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RETENTION AND PROMOTION
RATES OF
NAVAL FEMALE OFFICERS
by
Sheena L.Reed
Lieutenant, United States Navy
B.S., University ofTennessee, Knoxville, 1982
Submitted in partial fulfillment
ofthe requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT
from the
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ABSTRACT
The question of which factors influence the retention and
promotion rates of female officers across communities in the Navy
is the focus of this thesis This thesis statistically examines the
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impact of a myriad of socioeconomic and personal variables upon
female promotion and retention. Multivariate and logit regression
techniques are utilized to analyze and identify the factors that
are important in the promotion and retention of female Naval
officers Both socioeconomic and personal characteristics are found
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to be important variables affecting the promotion and retention
rates of female officers
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I 1
A. LITERATURE REVIEW 3
II. COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION 11
A. SURFACE WARFARE 11
B. AVIATION WARFARE 12
C. GENERAL UNRESTRICTED LINE OFFICERS 13
D. RESTRICTED LINE 13
1. Engineering Duty (14xx) 14
2. Aviation Maintenance Duty (152x) 14
3. Cryptology (161x) 15
4. Intelligence (163x) 15
5. Public Affairs (165x) 15
6. Oceanography (180x) 16
E. STAFF 16
1. Supply Corps (310x) 16
2. Civil Engineer Corps (510x) 17
3 Miscellaneous 17
III. DATA AND METHODOLOGY 19
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A. DATA 19
B. VARIABLES 20
IV