11, TITLE (Include Svcurity hCI.ification) Junior Army Officer Retention Intentions: A Path Analytic Model 12. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S)

. Retention. Married officers-Turnover. Work/fnmily conflict. 11~. AS! 'IIACT (Confinuo on tvqetne Iff.*cessysnt detfyb block numnber) "-,%- This research tests a model of the determinants of retention intentions in a sample of recently commissioned (1984-1987), married, male, junior Army officers. Four variables-perceived Army career prospects, organigat.lonal identification, anticipated work/family conflict, and years of services--were specified as direct determinants of propensity to stay in the Army. Five additional voriablos (person/branch match, prior career orientation, curreaL work satisfacti.on, operational support, and inspirational leidorship) were hypothesized to have indirect effects on retention, operating through their influence on career proapects and identification. The predictions of the model were largely supported. Organizational identification had strong positive effects, and work/family conflict had strong negative effects on propensit