PERSONAL HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTARCTIC VOLUNTEERS

Personal and social characteristics of Navy and civilians volunteers for four Antarctic expeditions were studied. Distinctive characteristics of Antarctic volunteers were described. The study indicated that a potentially hazardous and difficult duty assignment initially attracted superior Navy appli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gunderson, E. K.
Other Authors: NAVY MEDICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH UNIT SAN DIEGO CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1962
Subjects:
Psychology
Personnel Management and Labor Relations
*PERSONNEL
ENVIRONMENTS
HAZARDS
BEHAVIOR
MOTIVATION
PERSONALITY
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
SELECTION
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
NAVAL PERSONNEL
PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
VOLUNTEERS
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0814914
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0814914
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Summary:Personal and social characteristics of Navy and civilians volunteers for four Antarctic expeditions were studied. Distinctive characteristics of Antarctic volunteers were described. The study indicated that a potentially hazardous and difficult duty assignment initially attracted superior Navy applicants. Furthermore, after the novelty and glamour of the program had presumably diminished, the quality of volunteers remained high and probably improved. Navy and civilian volunteers differed from each other on many characteristics of which education, age, and occupational experience were among the most pronounced.

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