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Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-74/2
Title and Subtitle: A sex comparison of reasons for attrition of nonjourneyman FAA air traffic controllers
Report Date: March 1974
Authors: Mathews JJ, Collins WE, Cobb BB
Abstract: Recent ATC attrition rates showed no sex differences in the proportion of trainees who completed FAA Academy training; however, the percentage of females who subsequently left ATC work was over twice that of male trainees. In the present study, the 56 females who entered the Academy between December 1968 and November 1970, and who were no longer with the FAA as of June 1972, were matched on several variables with male attritions who had entered the Academy at the same time. Reasons for attrition were obtained from job-exit forms, telephone interviews, and a questionnaire.
Key Words: Air Traffic Control Work, Employee Attrition, Sex Differences
No. of Pages: 14
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-74/2
Title and Subtitle: A sex comparison of reasons for attrition of nonjourneyman FAA air traffic controllers
Report Date: March 1974
Authors: Mathews JJ, Collins WE, Cobb BB
Abstract: Recent ATC attrition rates showed no sex differences in the proportion of trainees who completed FAA Academy training; however, the percentage of females who subsequently left ATC work was over twice that of male trainees. In the present study, the 56 females who entered the Academy between December 1968 and November 1970, and who were no longer with the FAA as of June 1972, were matched on several variables with male attritions who had entered the Academy at the same time. Reasons for attrition were obtained from job-exit forms, telephone interviews, and a questionnaire.
Key Words: Air Traffic Control Work, Employee Attrition, Sex Differences
No. of Pages: 14
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