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2003 IMTA Proceedings - International Military Testing Association

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UTILIZING SURVEY RESULTS OF THE NAVY EQUAL<br />

OPPORTUNITY/SEXUAL HARASSMENT SURVEY 47<br />

Paul Rosenfeld, Ph.D., and Carol E. Newell, M.A.<br />

Navy Personnel Research, Studies, and Technology Department<br />

5720 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN, USA 38055<br />

paul.rosenfeld@navy.mil carol.newell@navy.mil<br />

Commander Leanne Braddock<br />

Navy Equal Opportunity Office<br />

Navy Personnel Command<br />

7736 Kittyhawk, Millington, TN, USA 38055<br />

leanne.braddock@navy.mil<br />

In 1988, the Chief of Naval Operations Study Group (CNO, 1988) conducted a wideranging<br />

assessment of equal opportunity (EO) issues in the Navy. They found that no Navywide<br />

instrument existed to accurately measure the EO climate of the Navy and tasked a<br />

“comprehensive Navy-wide biennial EO climate survey to indicate the extent and form of racial<br />

discrimination within the Navy” (p. 2-18). The previous year, the Progress of Women in the<br />

Navy Report (Secretary of the Navy, 1987) had similarly found that no instrument existed to<br />

determine the extent of sexual harassment (SH) in the Navy and recommended that a Navy-wide<br />

SH survey be conducted. These two recommendations for Navy-wide surveys were implemented<br />

in 1989 when the first Navy Equal Opportunity/Sexual Harassment (NEOSH) Survey was<br />

administered. Since 1989, the NEOSH Survey has been administered every other year with the<br />

results being briefed to senior Navy policymakers. The results of the NEOSH Surveys have<br />

provided Navy leaders with an accurate portrait of the state of EO, SH and related issues such as<br />

racial/ethnic, religious, and gender discrimination.<br />

Although the NEOSH Survey results are generally widely distributed to top Navy<br />

policymakers, questions are periodically raised about how the data are used and what impact<br />

they have. The present paper describes how the NEOSH Survey results have been utilized by the<br />

Navy and offers recommendations for how they could be better utilized.<br />

INTERNAL USES OF NEOSH SURVEY RESULTS<br />

Once analyzed, the NEOSH results are typically briefed to top Navy policymakers<br />

including the Chief of Naval Personnel. Afterwards, the results are released, usually<br />

accompanied by a Navy-wide message that summarizes the main findings and recommends<br />

47<br />

The opinions expressed are those of the authors. They are not official and do not represent the views of the U.S.<br />

Navy.<br />

581<br />

45 th Annual Conference of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Military</strong> <strong>Testing</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />

Pensacola, Florida, 3-6 November <strong>2003</strong>

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