Peter Principle
Peter Principle
nounDefinition of PETER PRINCIPLE
: an observation: in a hierarchy employees tend to rise to the level of their incompetence
Origin of PETER PRINCIPLE
Laurence J. Peter †1990 American (Canad.-born) educator
First Known Use: 1968
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