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Four Stages® of Contribution Research
Global Novations developed the Four Stages® of Contribution research project to measure the current realities of employee development and contribution. Collected with the partnership of several leading organizations in the U.S., the results include information on the contribution and development of over 2,000 managers and direct reports. Data was collected from 2007-2011.

Employee contribution was measured using the Four Stages of Contribution model. The findings of the research were explored through the lens of today's critical talent development issues and touch on manager and individual contributor beliefs and behaviors across the world.

2007-2011 Research findings
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The Four Stages of Contribution Research, Part One
How and "Y" One Generation
Will Change Business		The paper explores generational differences through the lens of the Four Stages research and is the first of a number of research-based papers that will culminate in a book on the research in late 2009.

Focus Area: Development; Multi-generational management
The Four Stages of Contribution Research, Part Two
Mind the Gap: the Discrepancy Between Manager and Direct Report Ratings		As part of the Four Stages® research project, we asked managers and direct reports to rate direct reports' contributions. And what we found was that managers rate their direct reports quite differently than direct reports rate themselves.

Focus Area: Development
The Four Stages of Contribution Research, Part three
Ethnicity: Reducing the Effects of Bias
in the Workplace		The third installment of a four-part series of publications from the Four Stages® of Contribution research project, this new white paper examines how demographic variables of race and ethnicity may impact perceptions of contribution and value by both managers and contributors themselves.

Focus Area: Development; Diversity and inclusion
The Four Stages of Contribution Research, Part four
Close the Gap: Overcoming Gender Differences in the Workplace		This paper, the final installment in our four-part series of publications from the Four Stages of Contribution research project, examines gender distribution across the Four Stages, ratings disparities of perceived contribution, and barriers to advancement for women seeking senior leadership roles.

Focus Area: Development
The Four Stages of Contribution Research
2010 Asian Report		This paper explores how managers and employees in Asia contribute to organizational success in today's global workforce using the Four Stages research conducted in 2010.

Focus Area: Development; Global workforce
The Four Stages of Contribution Research
2011 Western - Eastern Comparison Report		In this report, we compare select Western (the United States, Brazil, and the United Kingdom) and Eastern (mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore) employee populations, their demographics, and their perceptions of self and direct report contribution levels.

Focus Area: Development; Global workforce

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