Book/Printed Material An analysis of the incidence of recruiter irregularities

Title

• An analysis of the incidence of recruiter irregularities

Summary

• 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.

Names

• Asch, Beth J.
• Heaton, Paul, 1978-
• United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center
• Rand Corporation

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.

Contents

• 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.

Headings

• -  United States--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Corrupt practices
• -  United States--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Evaluation

Notes

• -  "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
• -  "This research ... was conducted within the Forces and Resource Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Pref.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-52).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xv, 52 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• UB323

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021760896

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021760896

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• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

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• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021760896

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