Journal of Defense Management
Open Access

Abstract

Modelling the Competencies Required by Defence Attaches in Accomplishing Their Duties: Study on the Indonesian Defence Attaches

Syaiful Anwar

This study is aimed to formulate a proper competency model for the Indonesia’s defence attaches by identifying certain characteristics embedded in superior defence attaches that distinguish them from the non-superior ones. Behavioural event interview, observation, and library study are used as data collecting techniques. In analysing the data, content analysis and discriminant analysis are utilized to create data weighting and to find the differentiating characteristics. This study indicates that several certain competencies are embedded too superior defence attaches and become differentiating factors. Competency model based on those competencies is the ideal competency model for defence attaches, and it can be used as indicator for the formulation of proper recruitment mechanism for defence attaches.