Fighter I: An analysis of combat fighters and non-fighters

Egbert, Robert L.; Meeland, Tor; Cline, Victor B.; Forgy, Edward W.; Spickler, Martin W.

doi:10.1037/e531162008-001

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“…The six traits assessed in the interview are activeness, sociability, responsibility, independence, promptness and motivation to serve in a combat unit. It should be noted that these traits are very similar to the ones identified by Egbert, Meeland, Cline, Forgy, Spickler, and Brown (1957) as important for success in combat. A general score of the interview is derived by a linear combination of the individual traits.…”

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An Objective Group Questionnaire as a Substitute for a Personal Interview in the Prediction of Success in Military Training in Israel

Tubiana

Ben‐Shakhar

1982

Personnel Psychology

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The need for reliable and valid measures of personality and motivational factors in the prediction of success in military training was discussed. The personnel classification system currently used by the Israeli Army was briefly described. The personality factors used in that system are measured by an interview, which is individually administered to each enlisted man. The goal of the present study was to replace this interview by an objective group questionnaire, with the hope of saving time, manpower and effort without any loss to predictive validity. The criterion for validation of the system was the performance of the soldiers in elementary training. This performance was assessed by commanding officers and by peers. The results showed that the questionnaire is eventually equivalent to the interview as a predictor of performance in military training. It was concluded that the questionnaire should be preferred for economical reasons.

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An Objective Group Questionnaire as a Substitute for a Personal Interview in the Prediction of Success in Military Training in Israel

Tubiana

Ben‐Shakhar

1982

Personnel Psychology

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“…By leading in a combat action, military leaders are able to motivate and inspire those soldiers who are fearful or inexperienced (or both; Anderson, 1980;Egbert et al, 1957) as an informant reported:…”

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The “Bright” and “Shadow” Aspects of In Extremis Leadership

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Sarros

2010

Military Psychology

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“…at Mondello, Sicily, September 1969. after the battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War, over 200 of the muzzleloading rifles used were found to have been loaded five or more times without being fired, and one had been loaded 21 times without being fired once (Walker & Burkhardt, 1965). In this case inadequate training was blamed, but more recent reports based, for example, on the Korean war suggest that even with fully trained troops performance in action is much worse than performance in training (Egbert et al, 1957(Egbert et al, , 1958.…”

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Selective Attention and Performance in Dangerous Environments*

Baddeley

1972

British J of Psychology

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Evidence on human porformance in dangerous environments is reviewed and suggests that danger reduces efficiency, except in the case of experienccd subjects. Perceptual narrowing is shown to be one source of decrement. I t is suggested that danger increases the subject's arousal level which influences performance by producing a narrowing of attontion. The nature of the performance decrement and of adaptation to danger are discussed in this context.

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Fighter I: An analysis of combat fighters and non-fighters

Cited by 11 publications

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An Objective Group Questionnaire as a Substitute for a Personal Interview in the Prediction of Success in Military Training in Israel

An Objective Group Questionnaire as a Substitute for a Personal Interview in the Prediction of Success in Military Training in Israel

The “Bright” and “Shadow” Aspects of In Extremis Leadership

Selective Attention and Performance in Dangerous Environments*

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