AN INTERNAL VALIDATION OF LONDON-HOUSES STEP BATTERY

This study investigated the relationship between the 17 Predictor and 3 Potential scores of London House's STEP Battery and several measures of managerial success. A sample of 575 employees of a medium sized co rporation were administered the STEP for the Line Management Hierarchy in conjunction with a number of HR selection and development processe s within the company. Both stepwise regression and various MANOVA's we re completed to determine the degree to which the STEP correlates with or is related to managerial success as defined by position level and salary at the time of administration. It was found that six of the 17 STEP predictor variables accounted for about 50% of the variance in po sition level and salary. Significant, positive relationships were also found between the 3 potential scores and both position level and sala ry. Additionally, the impact of race and sex on the STEP scores was ex amined. When the effects of salary and position level were statistical ly controlled, no main effects for sex or race were found to reach sta tistical significance for the 20 STEP scores.