A questionnaire containing a series of factors related to promotion was conducted on 166 employees
from the public sector in Israel. The findings reveal that the public sector employees ranked organizational politics
as the most important factor, followed by tenure, pressure on the supervisor, success in projects/ missions,
experience and education. Comparison between workers' and managers' perceptions exposes substantial
differences in most of the factors influencing promotion. The meaning of the findings and their implications are
discussed in the paper.