Some Managerially Relevant Covariates of Hierarchical Status

Abstract

This study seeks to isolate a broad range of covariates of hierarchical status in a large batch of respondents, who come from a single organization but represent all hierarchical levels and a broad range of functions or activities. A number of scales, about whose reliability and validity much is known, are tested for covariation with status. The overall pattern of covariation is marked and consistent. This supports general expectations, and the research design is such as to minimize interpretive problems as compared to findings based on small samples, and especially those drawn from a narrow hierarchical range, representing a small number of functions or activities, or utilizing a few variables as potential covariants or dependent variables.

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