Analysis of the personnel files of 3,500 managers in a large corporation reveals that, while graduate degrees have salary advantages, they have negligible or negative influences upon the job performance measures of salary growth, performance ratings, or probability of promotion. Appended are 17 references. (MLF)

This monograph focuses on the subtle behavioral and organizational barriers that hinder the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women and minority faculty and administrators in higher education today. Specifically the monograph explores the obstacles that face women and minorities who serve as full-time, tenure-track faculty and…

Data describing jobs in 100 establishments are analyzed to test hypotheses about the characteristics of jobs and organizations associated with the structure of internal promotion ladders. Hypotheses are supported that link job ladders to, for example, organizational structure, gender distinctions, and technology. The formation of promotion ladders…

Theorizes that employees develop a shared perception of their organization's career hierarchy, and that this perception produces systematic managerial selection preferences that influence individual attainment. Responses from 488 (48 percent) of 1,043 managers in an electric utility suggest that managers do develop a shared perception. (78…

While comments in performance evalutions usually focus on competency, potential, and personality characteristics, discussions of personality are particularly vulnerable to sexual stereotyping. To determine whether gender influences the narrative portion of naval officers' evalutions, narrative information was extracted from the comments section of…

This paper reports on the development of a "change index" and its application in evaluating the relative performance of individual doctorate-granting universities in hiring and promoting women faculty. Employee data collected in the annual Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) by the National Center for Educational…

Surveys librarians in academic libraries to determine extent to which publishing is factor in obtaining tenure and/or promotion. Methodology, results of survey (faculty status, tenure, publishing as criterion for tenure and/or promotion, publishing as option), and comparison with Rayman and Goudy's study are discussed. Seven references are cited.…

Based on a 1979 survey of 530 tenured librarians in 33 large academic libraries, this article examines characteristics of tenured librarians (sex, age, marital status, salary, degrees, rank, job titles), criteria and review procedures used in granting tenure, productivity before and after tenure, and mobility. Seven references are included. (EJS)

Examines the relationship between male U.S. Navy recruits' background characteristics and successful outcomes in the form of completion of obligated service, promotion, or retention. Concludes that high school graduates, recruits with higher test scores, African-American and Hispanic recruits, and those admitted through the Navy's Delayed Entry…

Reports a study that explored the role of educational attainment in job promotion. Considers the effects of years of schooling, academic credentials, college quality, and college major upon employee advancement within a large U.S. insurance company. Concludes that educational attainment that conveys relevant job skills is most likely to lead to…

This paper examines the use of statistical evidence, specifically regression analysis, in employment discrimination cases on college and university cases. Sections of the paper provide the following: (1) a description of regression analysis focusing on the specific features that make it appropriate for use in discrimination lawsuits; (2) a review…

Age grading, the differentiation of social groups by members' age judgments, is widely regarded to be a universal aspect of social life. Most studies have examined age structurally (demographically), rather than normatively (modally). This study presents survey data measuring employees' age judgments of managerial careers collected from an…

Data from survey of 530 tenured librarians at 33 university libraries were analyzed to determine if the Association of College and Research Libraries' standards for faculty status (1971) are being met and whether peer review process promotes increased scholarly activity as measured by publication of articles and books. (15 references) (EJS)

Investigates why Vietnam-era veterans tend to have lower status occupations than contemporaries who did not serve in the military. Explores the possibilities that (1) veterans were victims of discrimination; (2) military service interrupted occupational advancement; or (3) veterans were less educated than their peers. Concludes that lower…

Two possible causes for the demands for research and publication on small college campuses are explored with a focus on the effect on promotion and tenure. The first hypothesis is that many administrators feel faculty research is a partner to faculty teaching effectiveness, and thus, if master teaching is the goal, faculty must excel at research.…