An analysis of the incidence of recruiter irregularities

Introduction -- Background on Recruit Processing and Recruiter Management -- Data -- Results on Allegations -- Analyses of Contract Data -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Overview of Recruiting Policies and Procedures Regarding Improprieties -- Appendix B: Derivations.

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1. Verfasser: Asch, Beth J. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Heaton, Paul (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, Calif. u.a. National Defense Research Institute 2010
Schriftenreihe:RAND Corporaton technical report series
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- Background on Recruit Processing and Recruiter Management -- Data -- Results on Allegations -- Analyses of Contract Data -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Overview of Recruiting Policies and Procedures Regarding Improprieties -- Appendix B: Derivations.
The authors examine the prevalence and consequences of irregularities by military recruiters. Recruiter irregularities are uncommon -- using the services' data for tracking allegations between 2007-2009, the authors document about 1 allegation per 1,000 applicants. Between 1 to 3 percent of the recruiter workforce is involved in substantiated allegations in a given year, with concealment or falsification representing the most common form of irregularity. Exploring Army contract data, the authors compare the characteristics of those signing contracts at the end of the recruiting month -- when recruiters are under the greatest pressure to meet their monthly recruiting quotas -- with those signed earlier in the month. Recruiters appear less likely to carefully screen recruits and more likely to sign marginal applicants at the end of the contract month, leading to some negative outcomes among these enlistees. While undesirable behavior on the part of applicants and/or recruiters appears more prevalent at the end of the recruiting month, patterns in contracts across the course of the recruiting month also suggest the incidence of unreported irregularities is likely to be low
Beschreibung:"This research ... was conducted within the Forces and Resource Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Pref
Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-52)
Beschreibung:xv, 52 p
col. ill
28 cm
ISBN:9780833050205
978-0-8330-5020-5
0833050206
0-8330-5020-6