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Washington and Lee Law Review

2004

Corporate officers

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Race To The Top Of The Corporate Ladder: What Minorities Do When They Get There, Devon W. Carbado, Mitu Gulati Sep 2004

Race To The Top Of The Corporate Ladder: What Minorities Do When They Get There, Devon W. Carbado, Mitu Gulati

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Racing to the top of the corporate hierarchy is difficult, no matter how qualified or capable the candidate. Producing more widgets than one's competitors is not enough. Negotiating the political landscape of the institution is also required. More specifically, individual corporate officers have to be appeased, powerful interest groups have to be co-opted and made allies, and competitors have to be undermined or eliminated. The more bureaucratic the organization and the more opaque the promotion process, the more important this institutional game to climbing the corporate ladder. This Article identifies the kind of racial minorities or racial types who are …


Games Ceos Play And Interest Convergence Theory: Why Diversity Lags In America's Boardrooms And What To Do About It, Steven A. Ramirez Sep 2004

Games Ceos Play And Interest Convergence Theory: Why Diversity Lags In America's Boardrooms And What To Do About It, Steven A. Ramirez

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