... for contenders. Second, as in the on‐the‐job matching literature, assuming that the firm acquires useful information on the ability of each contender by observing how he or she works in his or her current job,promotion from within provides a device for a better‐informed decision on who is to be assigned to which...

... Career development Career planning Employee relations Job promotion Job satisfaction Organizational behaviour Organizational policy Human resource management Salaries Among the more widely‐accepted conceptualizations of career is that of Hall[ 1 , 2 ] who defines a career as a sequence...