Wayne M. Wormley

TL;DR: The authors examined relationships among race, organizational experiences, job performance evaluations, and career outcomes for black and white managers from three work organizations, and found that black managers had better career outcomes than white managers.

TL;DR: The role that race plays in influencing the work experiences and career outcomes of MIS personnel has been neglected in the MIS human resource management literature to date, despite the significant demographic changes in the work force projected by the year 2000 and beyond as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Although blacks have gained entry to the information systems (IS) field and various managerial positions, they continue to experience more restricted career advancement prospects than whites.

TL;DR: Black MIS employees reported less job discretion, less career support, and lower levels of met expectations than white MIS employees, and were less sati~ied with their careers than whites.