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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benson, Alan, Li, Danielle, Shue, Kelly
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144198