■ noun the principle that members of a hierarchy are promoted until they reach the level at which they are no longer competent.
Origin
1960s: named after the Canadian educationalist Laurence J. Peter .
■ noun the principle that members of a hierarchy are promoted until they reach the level at which they are no longer competent.
Origin
1960s: named after the Canadian educationalist Laurence J. Peter .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004