Effects Of Race On Organizational Experiences, Job Perform

• Published in: Academy of Management journal Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 64
• Main Authors: Greenhaus, Jeffrey H, Parasuraman, Saroj, Wormley, Wayne M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Briarcliff Manor Academy of Management 01-03-1990
• Subjects: Black people; Careers; Managers; Minority & ethnic groups; Performance evaluation; Racial discrimination; Statistical analysis; Studies
• ISSN: 0001-4273; 1948-0989

The relationships among race, organizational experiences, job performance evaluations, and career outcomes for black and white managers are examined. Managers from 3 organizations that have extensive operations in the eastern US and represent the communications, banking, and electronics industries were surveyed. Results revealed that race had significant effects upon job performance evaluations, career plateauing, and career satisfaction. Supervisors rated blacks lower than whites on both the relationship and the task components of job performance. Blacks received less favorable assessments of promotability from their supervisors, were more apt to have plateaued in their careers, and were more dissatisfied with their careers than were whites. The effect upon promotability assessments was entirely indirect, operating mainly through job performance evaluations. While it has been argued that blacks are assigned to dead-end jobs, the present data do not support that assertion.