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Predicting the Peacetime Performance of Military Officers: Officer Selection in the Papua New Guinea Defence Force

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Louis P. Bau  and
Murray J. Dyck
Louis P. Bau*
Affiliation:
Psychology Corps Papua New Guinea Defence Force
Murray J. Dyck
Affiliation:
School of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Central Queensland
*
Psychology Corps, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Murray Barracks, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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Abstract

This article reports an evaluation of the officer selection procedures of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force based on the performance of 195 officers. Results indicate that a linear combination of selection variables, including psychometric measures, academic achievement, interview impressions, and hands-on performance tests, was not predictably related to the criterion measure of officer performance. Post-hoc validation checks suggest that only one of the psychometric tests used in selection meets basic construct validation criteria and that the criterion measure of officer performance is unreliable. No evidence was found to support the predictive validity of selection procedures.

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South Pacific Journal of Psychology , Volume 5 , 1992 , pp. 27 - 37
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Copyright © University of Papua New Guinea & University of Central Queensland 1992

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