ABSTRACT
The degree of competition among work organizations for competent specialists and executives also affects career progress; persons with rare skills that are in great demand obviously have greater bargaining power than others. In a meritocracy, upward career mobility is supposed to be based primarily upon high achievement as evaluated in terms of occupational and/or organizational standards. Ideally, the choice of an occupation should be made early enough so that information about occupational requirements can be used in making appropriate educational preparation. The performance of veterans of World War II and of other adults in college, suggests that having a definite vocational objective tends to improve a student's motivation for scholarship. Each game involves competition (usually a polite contest) with others for grades, for scholarships and prizes, for promotion to higher rank, for pay raises, and for other forms of recognition.
