Promotions and the peter principle
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 Principle, which proposes th...
Main Authors: | Benson, A. (Author), Li, D. (Author), Shue, K. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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