$1.$ Banu Dall$$o$$lu$---$ She is $44$ years old. She graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Business Administration and completed her master's degree in Business Administration at Istanbul University. She is the manager of a competitor of Neva, a relatively small factory located in Istanbul, employing $580$ non$-$union workers. She has been doing this for $6$ years. Before this, she has been a staff member of the factory for $14$ years. Reference information could not be obtained about Dall$$o$$lu as she was afraid of the reactions of her current employer.

$2.$ Tansel Kaya$---$ He is $59$ years old. He is a college graduate. He is the assistant of the factory manager. He has been with Neva for $24$ years and the assistant manager for $10$ years. He had a serious heart attack four years ago but now appears to have recovered. $10$ years ago, he was offered the factory manager position at Neva, but he turned it down because of his wife's health problems.

$3.$ Kudret $$apa$---$ She is $36$ years old. She graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Currently, she is the manager of the $$zmir factory of Neva company. She desires to be transferred to an equivalent position as it will increase job opportunities for her husband. She has been in Neva Company for $5$ years and the manager of the $$zmir factory for $2$ years.

$4.$ Burak Fayton$---$ He is $49$ years old. He graduated from Gazi University with a $2-$year associate degree. Until two months ago, he was a manager at a large, unionized textile factory. Two months ago, the company he worked for closed its production line, so he had to leave. Mr$.$ Fayton had been working for that company for $20$ years and was the factory manager for the last $5$ years. His reference letters are great.

$5.$ R$$fat Bayrak$---$ He is $33$ years old. He graduated from Bo$$azi$$i University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and has an MBA from Istanbul University. He is currently the assistant manager of the Ankara factory. He has been with Neva for $4$ years and has been working as the assistant factory manager for $2$ years. For the last two months, he has been the standing proxy for the manager of the Ankara factory.

$6.$kran Deveci$---$ She is $46$ years old. She has a METU Business Administration degree. She also did his MBA from METU. She is currently the assistant factory manager in Adana. Mrs$.$ Deveci has been with Neva for $10$ years and has been the assistant factory manager for the last $7$ years $(6$ years in Istanbul, and last year in Adana$).$

$7.$ Ferit Hanc$---$ He is $58$ years old. He is a graduate of Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry. He is currently the assistant manager of the production department of one of the important competitors of Neva company. He declares that he is now seeking a subordinate position that will require him to travel less. He has been the assistant manager of the production department for six years. Previously, he was the factory manager for $12$ years. His factory was neat and orderly. Reference information could not be obtained. However, his vice production managerial position has been praised in commercial publications.

$8.$ Timur Dingil$---$ He is $36$ years old. He graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He completed his MBA at Ankara University. Mr$.$ Dingil has been working as a personal assistant to the assistant production manager for the past two years. Prior to that, he worked as an assistant factory manager for two years and as a manager at the $$zmir factory for three years. Mr$.$ Dingil became the youngest factory manager in Neva company. He was extremely unsuccessful during his factory management and was dismissed $3$ years later.