Antecedents and outcomes of promotion systems

✍ Scribed by Gillian Allen

• Book ID: 101273727
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 131 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4848
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-050x(199722)36:2<251::aid-hrm6>3.0.co;2-w

✦ Synopsis

This study tests the Ferris, Buckley, and Allen (Human Resource Planning, 15, model of promotion systems in organizations assessing the promotion systems in Fortune 500 companies in six industry groups. Relationships were found between characteristics of organizations (e.g., the extent of their career planning and their affirmative action requirements) and characteristics of their promotion systems, and between promotion practices and organizational outcomes including numbers of grievances filed, industry rank on sales, and employee attitudes concerning promotion opportunities. These results suggest that the Ferris, Buckley, and Allen (1992) model provides a useful framework for the study and development of organizations' promotion systems. ᭧ 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. s The purpose of this research study was to test both parts of the Ferris, Buckley, and Allen (1992) model of promotion systems in organizations.