Comparative study of need satisfactions in military and business hierarchies

Abstract

703 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND 594 NONCOMMISSIONED PERSONNEL SERVING IN AN OVERSEAS AIR FORCE COMMAND COMPLETED A QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURING NEED FULFILLMENT AND SATISFACTION. RESULTS FOR 3 LEVELS OF THE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WERE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS RESULTS FOR ANALOGOUS LEVELS OF CIVILIAN MANAGERS. THE FINDINGS SHOWED THAT THE MILITARY OFFICERS WERE LESS FULFILLED AND LESS SATISFIED THAN THEIR CIVILIAN COUNTERPARTS. HOWEVER, FULFILLMENT AND SATISFACTION INCREASED IN RELATION TO MILITARY RANK IN THE SAME WAY AS FOR CIVILIAN MANAGERS. WHEN COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WERE COMPARED WITH NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS, HIGHER NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS REPORTED MORE FULFILLMENT BUT LESS SATISFACTION THAN LOWER-RANKING COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)