Informal Factors in Career Achievement
American Journal of SociologyPublished 1 March 1951
Melville Dalton
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Abstract
Study of 226 careers in a managerial hierarchy revealed no formal pattern of selection and promotion in terms of age at entry, rate of advancement, occupational experience, or type of educational training. But informal processes of selection appeared to function significantly through the use of such criteria as religion, ethnic composition, political belief, and participation in accepted organizations.
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Social SciencesBusiness, Management and Accounting