In their paper, ‘‘Talent management and career development: What it takes to get promoted,’’ Claussen, Grohsjean, Luger, and Probst examine an under-researched topic in management, namely,
the managerial promotion process. Using a sample of more than 7000 promotions to middle management, and more than 3100 promotions to senior management in the video-game development
industry, the authors reported some surprising findings.