control but we show how to work out the contribution which can be attributed directly to the Peter Principle. …

The Peter Principle is a theory that provides a paradoxical explanation for job incompetence in a hierarchical … to the differences in the skill set required. Furthering the work of a recent investigation into the Peter Principle … is presented. Results of the simulation found that although the Peter Principle affects efficiency, it may not be to the …

The Peter principle has recently been investigated by means of an agent-based simulation, and its validity has been …

Some have observed that individuals perform worse after being promoted. The Peter Principle, which states that people … the effect is never eliminated. Rather than evidence of a mistake, the Peter Principle is a necessary consequence of any … promotion criterion to offset the Peter Principle effect, and the more important is the transitory component relative to total …

only is the Peter principle unavoidable, but also it yields in turn a significant reduction of the global efficiency of the …

the firm due to workers herding into prestigious tasks. The theory leads to the result that, in line with the Peter … Principle, misallocation of talent within firms takes the form of too many workers undertaking tasks with a high return to …

efficient (the Peter Principle effect) or fewer. …

The Peter Principle states that, after a promotion, the observed output of promoted employees tends to fall. Lazear …-select their task. Our evidence confirms the Peter Principle when the variance of the transitory ability is large. In most cases …

The Peter Principle captures two stylized facts about hierarchies: first, promotions often place employees into jobs …