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This study assessed the extent to which college students, tomorrow's executives, agreed with various commonly heard assertions regarding the tactics of those climbing the corporate career ladder. The study used essentially the same data collection instrument as that used in a recent study of business executives. The results indicate a highly significant relationship of the opinions to church affiliation, citizenship, and race of the subjects. Moderate levels of significant opinion differences related to the subjects' school, age, social class, and gender. The subjects' opinions were not significantly related to their academic department, gradepoint average, or work experience.
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He previously taught at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and Florida State University. He has been employed by SMC Corporation, Pullman Furniture Corporation and Sears in various management positions. He received his D.B.A. and M.B.A. from Florida State University and B.S. from Florida Atlantic University. His articles have appeared in journals likeJournal of Marketing Research andJournal of Advertising and he has published several books and monographs in addition.
From 1962–1971 he was employed by Caterpillar Tractor Co. in various management positions including District Representative for four European and Middle East countries. He received a Ph.D. and MBA from the University of Illinois and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri. He has published articles in theJournal of Vocational Behavior andMississippi's Business and has published two textbooks.
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Pressley, M.M., Blevins, D.E. Student perceptions of ‘job politics’ as practised by those climbing the corporate career ladder. J Bus Ethics 3, 127–138 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388814
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02388814