This research project includes a restatement of the research hypotheses and the initial version of the data collection questionnaire that will be used in the study. The research hypotheses were stated earlier in the study proposal.
The purpose of this research study is to establish the relationship between birth order and success in organizational management. Three research hypotheses will be tested in the study. These hypotheses are as follows:
1. Individuals who were first-born children will advance to higher organizational positions than will individuals who were later-born children.
2. Individuals who were first-born children will advance more rapidly within organizations than will individuals who were later-born children.
3. Birth-order will have a greater effect on the organizational advancement of females than of males.
This questionnaire is being administered as a part of a study examining the relationship (if any) between birth order and success in organizational management. There are no "right" or "wrong" answers to the items included in this survey instrument. Truthful responses are essential if the research findings are to have any validity. The findings and conclusions of the this research study are intended to provide information that will help individuals to plan career strategies, and that will enhance the capability of organizations to deal with an increasingly diverse work force.
The confidentiality of individual responses to this survey questionnaire will be preserved. No information will be collected and no information will be developed that will permit the attribution of specific responses to specific individuals. Further, the size of the research sample will reduce the probability that anyone would be able to speculate with any effectiveness as to what was said by whom in response to the questionnaire items. To completely eliminate this possibi
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