This thesis seeks to determine the impact of an auction based retention bonus on continuation rates for general dentists completing their initial obligation. An auction based retention bonus has the potential to improve retention rates. In lieu of actual bids from Navy general dentists, the difference between average civilian dentist salaries and Navy general dentist pay is used to represent theoretical opportunity costs. Inputting opportunity costs into a break-even formula allows approximation of the retention bonus amount needed for a one-year and/or five-year employment agreement with the Navy. A logistic regression retention model is also estimated using data for 516 Navy general dentists commissioned between 1998 and 2001. Model results indicate that accession source significantly affects the decision to continue military service. Officers commissioned as direct accessions and participants in the Dental Student Program are more likely to stay in the navy than participants in the Health Sciences Collegiate Program. Dentists commissioned in 2000-2001 are less likely to stay than those commissioned in 1998-1999. Those commissioned between the ages of 30 and 39 are more likely to continue service beyond their initial obligation than younger dentists. Race and gender do not significantly affect retention. / US Navy (USN) author.

Thesis (M.S. in Human Systems Integration)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor: Buttrey, Samuel E. Second Reader: Shattuck, Lawrence G. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 26, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: retention, manpower, manning, personnel, critical skills retention bonus, capabilities based assessment, information warfare officer, functional area analysis, functional needs analysis, functional solutions analysis, prior enlisted, source of commission, survey, monetary solution, non-monetary solution. Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-226). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007. / Thesis Advisor(s): Gates, William ; Kocher, Kathryn. "March 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on February 22, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-65). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S. in Systems Engineering Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Osmundson, John. "September 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 6, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Manpower, Marine Welder, Organizational Structure, Labor Workforce Development, Requirements Management, Marine Labor Crafts, Trade Union, Gap Analysis Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-147).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1974. / Prepared for the Manpower Administration, U.S. Dept. of Labor. PB-236 169. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267).

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2006. / Thesis Advisor(s): Samuel Buttrey, William Hatch. "March 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Business Administration and M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006. / Thesis Advisor(s): Stephen L. Mehay, Elda Pema. "September 2006." M.S. in Business Administration awarded to William Arias, September 2006. M.S. in Management awarded to Selcuk Dal, September 2006. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-120). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Iowa, 2007. / Supervisor: John Geweke. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-135).

Thesis (Ph.D.)(Mathematical Statistics)--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Includes summary. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.