An Inventory Battery to Predict Navy and Marine Corps Recruiter Performance: Development and Validation

Validation of the Marine Corps Special Assignment Battery (SAB)

“…These studies provide strong confirmatory evidence for the earlier developmental work of Borman et al (1979Borman et al ( , 1981 on Recpot and for Standlee et al (1978) on Dipot. The pattern of correlational results across all studies is positive and in agreement with the development work.…”

“…The Special Assignment Battery (SAB) was constructed in response to requests from both the Marine Corps and Navy for development of objective procedures that would improve selection for the critical jobs of recruiter and drill instructor (DI) or company commander. Earlier research describing the development and validation of the SAB (Borman, Hough, & Dunnette, 1976;Standlee, Abrahams, & Rosen, 1978;Borman, Toquam, &: Rosse, 1979;Standlee &: Abrahams, 1980;Borman, Rosse, Toquam, in Abrahams, 1981) reported significant statistical and practical relationships between SAB scores and important aspects of recruiter and DI performance. However, this research relied either on data from predictive studies using relatively small samples of Marine Corps recruiters and DIs, or on concurrent validation studies employing both Navy and Marine Corps recruiters.…”

“…The first is the recruiter potential selection composite (Recpot), which is composed of four subscales measuring: (1) selling skills, (2) human relations skills, (3) organizing skills, and (4) overall performance. Recpot was developed by Borman et al (1979) to predict various aspects of recruiter job performance, including production. It was refined in a subsequent effort (Borman et al, 1981).…”

Development of a Test Battery to Select Navy Recruiters

“…The test battery in the first phase included relevant items from the "Special Assignment Battery" (SAB) developed in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s by PDRI's Borman and NPRDC's Abrahams (Atwater, Abrahams, & Trent, 1986;Abrahams, Neuman, & Rimland, 1973;Borman, Rosse, & Toquam, 1981;Borman, Rosse, & Toquam, 1979) for the selection of Navy and Marine Corps recruiters. The original SAB consisted of personality, biographical, and vocational interest items.…”