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promotability

promotability

6.4
How likely an employee is to get a higher job
  • noun
  • /prəˈmoʊtəˌbɪlɪti/
  • Jargon
translation icon : potencial de ascenso
  • The training program is designed to enhance the promotability of emerging leaders in the organization.

Examples

  • Her hard work and dedication improved her promotability within the company.

  • These reviews consisted of supervisory ratings on three aspects of managerial performance: Overall Capability, Growth Potential, and Promotability.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Finally, Growth Potential and Promotability were combined into a composite index of growth performance.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Determining a person's pay and promotability based on the number of years of school attended.

    Blog text (3)
  • Regular performance reviews can increase an employee's promotability by highlighting their strengths.

Synonyms

prospect for promotion
vspromotability
3.6

Chance of getting a higher job at work

is the single-word abstract term for that same chance

How Likely

certainty
  • Literature
202 3.4
probability
473 3.6
promotability
  • Jargon
6.4
possibility
2.0

Surface Forms

promotability singular

Morphology

promotability = promotable (transparent) = promote + able + ity

The noun is formed by standard adjectival nominalization from 'promotable' (-ity), and the chain promote -> promotable -> promotability is regular and inferable.

Etymology

Promotability comes from the verb promote, which has the parts pro- 'forward' and move 'to move', plus the ending -ability 'ability'. Think of it as 'able to be moved up', which is why the word means the chance someone will be promoted at work.