Managerial Promotion: The Dynamics for Men and Women : The Dynamics for Men and Women

There are subtle but potent differences in the ways decisions are made to promote men and women. This publication looks at these differences through a study conducted at one Fortune 500 company. It discusses the several ways that the promotion decision process can undermine women’s advancement and outlines strategies for making balanced decisions. This report is an expanded version of the article, Promotion Decisions as a Diversity Practice, published in 1995 as part of a special issue of the Journal of Management Development on gender issues in management development (volume 14, issue 2, pp. 6-23). The journal, published by MCB University Press in West Yorkshire, England, serves as an international communication medium for all those working in the management development field. We decided to publish this version of the journal article so that more of our primary audience of American managers, academicians, and human resources practitioners would have access to the information. Marian N. Ruderman, Patricia J. Ohlott, Kathy E. Kram. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 23-26).