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The Effect of Sea/Shore Rotation on Enlisted Skill Utilization
September 1, 1988
This research memorandum examines one of the major constraints on skill utilization for Navy enlisted personnel: the requirements for sea/shore rotation. It presents a simple model of the relationship between the rotation policy for a skill community and the utilization rate for that skill. The model can be used to calculate the number of people needed to keep requirements filled while maintaining the prescribed rotation patterns. The model is applied both to ratings and to Navy Enlisted Classification codes (NECs).
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Learning Curves, Personal Characteristics, and Job Performance
March 1, 1988
This research contribution uses data on the productivity of Naval Reserve recruiters to estimate the effects of on-the-job learning, experience, and individual characteristics on job performance. The econometric approach begins with the Poisson distribution, whose mean is assumed to be a function of explanatory variables. Generalizations are specified to control for individual heterogeneity as well as over-dispersion.
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Skill Mix, Experience, and Readiness
October 1, 1983
This paper examines the relationship between experience and skill, and assesses its implications for Navy manpower policy.
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THE RELATIVE COSTS OF FORMAL AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR NAVY ENLISTED OCCUPATIONS
June 1, 1974
The objectives of this paper are to indicate which skills can be learned on the job, the time paths of skill acquisition, and the relative costs of training third-class petty officers via formal training and on-the-job training.
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