Research Summaries

Back Navy Reservist Affiliation Motivators and Objections

Fiscal Year 2015
Division Graduate School of Business & Public Policy
Department Graduate School of Business & Public Policy
Investigator(s) Aten, Kathryn J.
Sponsor Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & AcquisitionSSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION (Navy)
Summary Across the reserve force there are communities, occupational fields, and grades with persistent manning shortfall in non-obligor populations. Non-obligor reservists are similar to volunteers with well developed a rationales and reasons for affiliating and not affiliating with reserve units. Monetary methods are the primary incentive employed to induce reservists to affiliate and fill billets with shortfalls, but the utilization of monetary incentives is not based upon a deep understanding of individual reservist's motivations. This study will develop a deeper understanding and allow for more efficient targeting of monetary methods and the development of non-monetary incentives. Multiple stages and sources of data collection will provide qualitative and quantitative data which will be analyzed to make recommendations.
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