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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.
Melville Dalton (Thu,) studied this question.