1. Revalidating U.S. Army soldiers’ perceptions of combat arms job tasks: Frequencies, importance and expectations of performance
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Maria C Canino, Stephen A. Foulis, Marilyn A. Sharp, Bruce S Cohen, and Michael W. Boye
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Motivation ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Rehabilitation ,Applied psychology ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Task completion ,U s army ,Task (project management) ,Subject-matter expert ,Military Personnel ,Physical Fitness ,Canonical Correlation Analysis ,Perception ,Job analysis ,Humans ,Female ,Occupations ,Child ,Psychology ,media_common - Abstract
BACKGROUND: In 2013 the U.S. Army began developing physical tests to predict a recruit’s ability to perform the critical physically demanding tasks (CPDTs) of combat arms jobs not previously open to women. OBJECTIVE: To revalidate 15 CPDTs chosen by subject matter experts (SMEs) and researchers through questionnaires pertaining to task performance frequency, perceived importance, and performance expectations. METHOD: Web-administered job analysis questionnaires were completed by 2,090 soldiers. Seventy-three percent ranged between 25–38 years of age, 66%were staff sergeants or above, and 73%were in service for 7 + years. RESULTS: Overall, the nine SME-endorsed CPDTs were conducted more frequently and rated as more important than the six tasks identified by researchers. Foot march, dragging a casualty to safety, and connecting a tow bar (vehicle transport) were identified as the combined most important, most frequently performed and highly expected CPDTs to be performed. The canonical correlation between task performance frequencies and ratings of task importance across all 15 CPDTs was 0.82 (p
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- 2021