Effects of an MBA and socioeconomic origins on business school graduates' salaries.

Pfeffer, Jeffrey

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.62.6.698

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“…In some cases GPA is positively correlated with success on the job (Harrell, 1969(Harrell, , 1970(Harrell, , 1972Harrell, Harrell, Mclntyre, & Weinburg, 1974) while in other cases significant negative correlations are shown (Pfeffer, 1977;Jepson, 1951). A substantial volume of research has been conducted on this topic making a qualitative review cumbersome and imprecise.…”

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College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Meta-Analytic Review and Some Additional Evidence

Bretz¹

1989

Public Personnel Management

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The use of college grade point average (CPA) as a predictor of adult achievement has been debated. Prior reviews of this literature have relied on qualitative analysis to determine the usefulness of GPA in predicting future success. Since qualitative reviews are subject to our human information processing limitations, they often fail to provide definitive conclusions. This research uses meta-analytic techniques to review a substantial subset of the published research on this topic The results generated are mixed. The overall analysis suggests that no relationship exists while subgroup analyses of success in business and success in teaching suggest that significant relationships do exist. Empirical analysis of an additional data set generally supports the f ind ing of the meta-analysis. Three barely significant relationships are found. Based on the relative weakness of these relationships and confidence in the overall meta-analytic results, it is suggested that if a relationship does exist between GPA and job success it is tenuous at best. Since other more significant predictors of success are available, the use of GPA in this capacity is not recommended.

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College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Meta-Analytic Review and Some Additional Evidence

Bretz¹

1989

Public Personnel Management

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“…The findings from such studies are somewhat equivocal. Pfeffer (1977) and Thomson et al (1998) have found evidence that the MBA provides a one off salary increase at the end of study rather than a continued salary gain. Others, such as Dugan et al (1999) suggest that salary increases were only associated with those who had graduated from more prestigious business schools.…”

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Exploring MBA career success

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Hodgkinson

2006

Career Dev Int

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Purpose: The paper examines the meaning of career success in relation to the attainment of an MBA degree, for a group of experienced managers. In so doing, the paper considers the adequacy of MBA career success, defined solely in terms of external criteria.Design/Methodology/Approach: 36 in-depth interviews were undertaken with MBA alumni which sought to capture the individual's own account of their career success in relation to their MBA. The study utilised an inductive data analysis approach. Findings:The findings revealed a diversity of meanings given to MBA career success, with success generally being expressed in much broader terms than conventional notions of fast track career advancement. The salience of internal criteria for judging MBA career success is thus highlighted. The findings may be seen to further dispel the myth that MBA students are concerned exclusively with status and salary.Research Limitations/Implications: The study focuses on the experiences of graduates from only one MBA programme. Additionally, the study reports retrospective accounts of MBA career success, a longitudinal design would be advantageous.Practical Implications: The demonstration of a plurality of career success provides potential advantage for business schools recruiting MBA students. Organizations can benefit from a wider understanding of MBA career success. Originality/value:The findings suggest that the value of the MBA encompasses more than fast track career success.

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“…As such, organizations are continually interested in identifying factors that are related to later managerial and career success, and base their recruiting and hiring decisions on factors such as personality , demographics ( Judge et al, 1995), and socioeconomic background (Pfeffer, 1977). In addition, sources of decision bias can influence hiring managers' cognitions, affecting identification and assessment of talent and career potential (Mäkelä et al, 2010).…”

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Beyond the playing field: the role of athletic participation in early career success

2013

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Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: (2013),"Networking behaviours and managers' career success in the Malaysian public service: The moderating effect of gender", Personnel Review, Vol. 42 Iss 6 pp. 684-703 http://dx.(2014),"The mediating influence of career success in relationship between career mobility criteria, career anchors and satisfaction with organization", Personnel Review, Vol. 43 Iss 6 pp. 818-844 http://dx.Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:573577 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This paper aims to examine how participation in varsity athletics during college affects career success in the first decade after graduation. The paper predicted that student-athletes would develop greater mentoring skills and emotional intelligence, leading to higher starting salaries as they enter the professional workforce and faster rates of salary growth as their careers progress. Design/methodology/approach -Cross-sectional nationwide survey study. Findings -The paper finds that former collegiate athletes score higher on measures of mentoring and emotional intelligence and have higher salaries through the first ten years of their careers than their non-athlete counterparts. The paper also finds that there are significant interaction effects for gender, such that male athletes score higher than male non-athletes on measures of mentoring and emotional intelligence, while female athletes score the same as non-athletes on these measures. Gender also impacted salary differences, such that at the start of their careers, female student-athletes enjoyed a significant salary boost relative to male athletes and both male and female non-athletes, but saw this advantage decrease within five years and disappear altogether by the time they had worked ten years. Originality/value -This study highlights the ways in which participation in collegiate sports affects student-athletes, and how these effects differ for men and women. These findings are worthy of continued investigation and should encourage scholars to question how activities beyond the classroom might affect students' preparation for life and careers after college.

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Effects of an MBA and socioeconomic origins on business school graduates' salaries.

Cited by 69 publications

References 14 publications

College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Meta-Analytic Review and Some Additional Evidence

College Grade Point Average as a Predictor of Adult Success: A Meta-Analytic Review and Some Additional Evidence

Exploring MBA career success

Beyond the playing field: the role of athletic participation in early career success

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