# kaal:claim:3071378-014

**Claim.** Minorities can overcome the promotion gap in corporate America if their superiors see them as value enhancers, and promoted minorities tend to share characteristics such as risk-taking, overconfidence, team play, and a perceived capacity to manage other non-whites.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- where superiors perceive the minority employee as value enhancing

**Source quote.**

> However, some evidence exists that minorities can overcome the promotion gap in corporate America if they are seen as value enhancers by their superiors.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America* (2017), III. Disenfranchised Communities in Corporate America, page 15

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3071378

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** promotion-gap, value-enhancement, minority-advancement, predictors-of-success

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