An Anaylsis of the Theory of Biased Contests in an Organisational Setting

Tim Barmby; S. Bridges

doi:10.1108/01437720310502159

An Anaylsis of the Theory of Biased Contests in an Organisational Setting

Tim Barmby, S. Bridges

Economics

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Abstract

This paper uses personnel data gathered from a large financial sector firm to examine the idea of biased contests. The pattern of scores attained by individual workers in performance ratings is used to explain the probability of subsequent promotion within the organisation. Initial empirical evidence is presented, which gives some support for the theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	836-843
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Manpower
Volume	24
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720310502159
Publication status	Published - 2003

Keywords

promotion
finance companies
bias

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