Promoting employees until they reach their highest level of incompetence is called the:
A) Anderson criteria
B) paradoxical shift
C) attribution error
D) Peter Principal

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The phenomenon described is known as the Peter Principle, named after author Laurence J. Peter who coined the term in his 1969 book "The Peter Principle: Why things always go wrong". The book suggests that organizations promote employees based on their performance in their current role, rather than their ability to perform in the role they are being promoted to, leading to employees being promoted to a level where they are no longer competent.

Promoting Employees Until They Reach Their Highest Level of Incompetence