An empirical study of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions as perceived by employers in Singapore.

This is an empirical study of employers' perception of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions. A questionnaire was used to obtain responses from employers. The questionnaire was administered to a random sampling of 647 private corporations, statutor...

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Main Authors: Foong, Edmund Yue Kwong., Yow, Wei Meng.
Other Authors: Koh, Hian Chye
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20130
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description This is an empirical study of employers' perception of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions. A questionnaire was used to obtain responses from employers. The questionnaire was administered to a random sampling of 647 private corporations, statutory boards and government bodies, executive search firms and management consultants and students of an MBA programme in the Nanyang Technological University. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA and Duncan tesLs were employed to analyze the responses.
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spelling ntu-10356/201302024-01-12T10:27:27Z An empirical study of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions as perceived by employers in Singapore. Foong, Edmund Yue Kwong. Yow, Wei Meng. Koh, Hian Chye Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::General::Careers and profession This is an empirical study of employers' perception of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions. A questionnaire was used to obtain responses from employers. The questionnaire was administered to a random sampling of 647 private corporations, statutory boards and government bodies, executive search firms and management consultants and students of an MBA programme in the Nanyang Technological University. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA and Duncan tesLs were employed to analyze the responses. Master of Business Administration (Accountancy) 2009-12-14T08:24:50Z 2009-12-14T08:24:50Z 1994 1994 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20130 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 100 p. application/pdf
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title An empirical study of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions as perceived by employers in Singapore.
title_full An empirical study of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions as perceived by employers in Singapore.
title_fullStr An empirical study of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions as perceived by employers in Singapore.
title_full_unstemmed An empirical study of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions as perceived by employers in Singapore.
title_short An empirical study of the importance of an MBA degree for promotion or appointment to managerial positions as perceived by employers in Singapore.
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topic DRNTU::Business::General::Careers and profession
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