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Why Is Your Boss Bad At His Job? It May Be The 'Peter Principle' At Work

By Shankar Vedantam
Published April 3, 2018 at 5:03 AM EDT
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Not every great employee is a great manager.
Camelia Dobrin

Why do good employees sometimes go on to be bad bosses? Kelly Shue, a professor of finance at Yale University, says it may have to do with what's known as the 'Peter Principle.'

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Shankar Vedantam
Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.
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