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Time to Promotion
Average time between promotions
How it’s computed
AVG(promotion_interval)
What the evidence shows
| Relates to | Effect (r) | N | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Career satisfaction | 0.22 | 8701 | A |
| Voluntary turnover | -0.11 | 5752 | A |
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What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“Lots of factors enter into promotion decisions, and typically not every worker can get a promotion. Let’ s elaborate on each of the four parts of a promotion process. A job hierarchy is an arrangement of jobs into different levels, where the CEO is the highest-level job, and…”
— Strategic Compensation Talentmatch 51%
“Also, there are two ways to increase the size of the prize from promotion. One way is to increase the compensation that the winner gets, and another is to reduce the compensation that the loser gets. If you increase the winner’ s compensation, that becomes expensive, and you’ ll…”
— Strategic Compensation Talentmatch 50%
“Each year about three to four new research assistants were hired, so at any given time there were about six to eight people doing essentially the same work. Why, in a two-year position involving no changes in tasks, did the Fed promote the research assistants and change their…”
— Strategic Compensation Talentmatch 49%
Resources: Strategic Compensation Talent