THE RELATIONSHIP OF RACE AND GENDER TO MANAGERS RATINGS OF PROMOTION POTENTIAL

The purpose of this paper was to examine the relationship of race and gender to managers' ratings of promotion potential for a sample of 126 8 managerial and professional employees. Hierarchial regression analys is showed that controlling for age, education, tenure, salary grade, f unctional area, and satisfaction with career support, both race and ge nder were significantly related to promotion potential. Females were r ated lower than males, and Blacks and Asians were rated lower than Whi tes. There were no interaction effects between race and gender.