A New Look at Gender and Minority Differences in Officer Career Progression in the Military

Beth J. Asch ; Trey Miller ; Alessandro Malchiodi

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Military Personnel Retention;    Military Career Field Management;    Minority Populations;    Gender Equity in the Workplace;    Economists;    Workforce Diversity;    Military Officers;    Students;   

ISBN  :  9780833059376
RP-ID  :  TR-1159-OSD

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

Although military accessions of women and minorities have increased over time, the proportions of these groups in the senior officer corps remain relatively low. RAND research conducted in the late 1990s found that, on net, white and Hispanic women entering the officer ranks were less likely to achieve the field grade level (O4) than were white men, while black women had the same likelihood of achieving O4 as white men, and black men had a greater likelihood. This volume updates the earlier RAND study by tracking the promotion and retention of personnel who entered the officer ranks between 1971 and 2002 through the rank of O6, using data from January 1988 through September 2010. The newer data enables the researchers to investigate differences later in the career and to consider differences for Hispanic officers and other minorities. The authors discuss their findings in relation to those of the earlier study.