Social Status and Minority Recruit Performance in the Navy: Some Implications for Affirmative Action Programs

Aptitude, motivation, training completion, and job survival measures were compared for 1,091 blacks, 192 Hispanics, 186 Asian, and 1,785 white recruits who entered Navy paramedical training during 1973. The minority groups were found to have lower aptitude and motivation scores, on the average, than...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sociological quarterly 1977-10, Vol.18 (4), p.564-573
Hauptverfasser:	Booth, Richard F., Newman, Katherine
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Affirmative Action Armed forces Hispanics Job performance evaluation Job training Military recruitment Military training Military/Militarism/Militarization/ Militarist/ Militarists Minority groups Minority/Minorities Navies On the job training Social status Technical training
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