FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PROBABILITY OF EMPLOYEE PROMOTIONS - A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-CAPITAL, ORGANIZATION SCREENING AND GENDER RACE DISCRIMINATION THEORIES/

This study examines the effects that a manager's formal education, on- the-job training, race and gender had on the probability of being prom oted from different jobs during his or her career in a company. Having a bachelor's degree with a major in business or engineering had signi ficant screening effects on the probability of being promoted. The edu cation screening was much stronger for low performing managers than fo r high performers. There was no evidence of gender or race discriminat ion effects. The importance of determining screening variables is disc ussed.