Retention Problems and the USAF Approach

ISBN: 1288398050

Author: Malackowski, Patrick C

Condition: New

The United States Air Force (USAF) should implement initiatives to improve organizational climate and thereby improve low retention. Today's low retention presents the USAF with a serious challenge because retention plays a significant role in maintaining the right number and experience mix of people in the USAF. To date, the USAF has focused its retention improvement efforts on reducing personnel tempo and improving compensation. The effectiveness of these quality of life initiatives is difficult to quantify, but data indicate it may be less than desired. Despite United States (U.S.) Navy and USAF studies that point to various aspects of organizational climate as sources of dissatisfaction among their respective members, the USAF apparently has not attempted to improve organizational climate in an effort to improve retention.