SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
GROUP BEHAVIOR
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Question
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Employees feel disconnected from their work and from the workplace
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Organizations become increasingly dominated by small groups of people.
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Employee work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
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Employees in a bureaucracy are promoted to positions for which they have little ability.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Peter principle states that a person who is competent at their job will earn a promotion to a position that requires different skills. If the promoted person lacks the skills required for the new role, they will be incompetent at the new level, and will not be promoted again.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Peter Principle states that, if you perform well in your job, you will likely be promoted to the next level of your organization’s hierarchy. You will continue to rise up the ladder until you reach the point where you can no longer perform well.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Peter Principle states that a person who is competent at their job will earn promotion to a more senior position which requires different skills. If the promoted person lacks the skills required for their new role, then they will be incompetent at their new level, and so they will not be promoted again.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Peter principle, which states that people are promoted to their level of incompetence, suggests that something is fundamentally misaligned in the promotion process. This view is unnecessary and inconsistent with the data. Below, it is argued that ability appears lower after promotion purely as a statistical matter.