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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED094119 AUTHOR: Fernandez, John P.
TITLE: Black Managers in White Corporations.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1972
NOTE: 605 p.
AVAILABILITY: National Technical Information Service,
Springfield, Virginia 22151
ABSTRACT: The study examines the major determinants of the
career patterns of black managers in white businesses and
the effects of corporations on their black managers'
identities and relationships to the black community.
Analyzed were occupational mobility theories; white and
black managers' career patterns, goals, and related factors;
policies and Affirmative Action Programs; managers' understa
companies' hiring and
promoting policies and their influence on and agreement with
attitudes; effects of social protest on black managers' care
of black managers' position in white corporations on their
relationship to their communities. One hundred fifty-six
white managers and 116 black managers in eight firms were
studied using a seven-part questionnaire. All the data
indicate that racial discrimination is the major factor
explaining the situation of blacks in the corporate world
(only 1.9 per cent of the managers of participating firms)
and in their own firms (low management positions not
receiving equal employment opportunities). (A copy of the
questionnaire, statistical tables, and a 10-page
bibliography are included.) (AG)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administration-; Black-Community; Equal
Opportunities-Jobs; Occupational-Aspiration; Personnel
Policy; Questionnaires-; Racial-Attitudes; Self-Concept;
Statistical-Analysis; Statistical-Data; Statistical-Surveys
*Administrators-; *Administrator-Selection; *Blacks-; *Racia
*Statistical-Studies
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