FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PROBABILITY OF EMPLOYEE PROMOTIONS - A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-CAPITAL, ORGANIZATION SCREENING AND GENDER RACE DISCRIMINATION THEORIES/
Je. Sheridan et al., FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PROBABILITY OF EMPLOYEE PROMOTIONS - A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-CAPITAL, ORGANIZATION SCREENING AND GENDER RACE DISCRIMINATION THEORIES/, Journal of business and psychology, 11(3), 1997, pp. 373-380
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.