Promotions and the Peter Principle*

© The Author(s) 2019. The best worker is not always the best candidate for manager. In these cases, do firms promote the best potential manager or the best worker in their current job? Using microdata on the performance of sales workers at 131 firms, we find evidence consistent with the Peter Princi...

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Main Authors: Benson, Alan (Author), Li, Danielle (Author), Shue, Kelly (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022-08-03T16:46:35Z.
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