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   "text": "Because of societal perceptions of minorities, minority groups face an uphill battle navigating the political environment of corporate America, which in turn significantly affects their positioning and success there.",
   "abstract": "societal perceptions of minorities,59 minority groups face an uphill battle in navigating the political environment in corporate America, which in turn can significantly affect their positioning and success in corporate America.",
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   "text": "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.",
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   "text": "Promoted minorities do not necessarily use their new position to promote other minorities; in the existing American corporate structure they often have incentives to race to the top while lifting the ladder behind them.",
   "abstract": "Moreover, if minorities are promoted, they don't necessarily use their new position to promote other minorities. In other words, in the existing corporate structure in American, minorities often have incentives to race to the top lifting the ladder behind them.62",
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   "text": "Companies should focus more on mentoring programs and less on formal evaluations, because mentorship with a superior manager helped minorities succeed.",
   "abstract": "Mentorship with a superior manager helped minorities to be successful.69 Such success stories seem to suggest companies should focus more on mentoring programs and less on the formal evaluations.",
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