Nice guys don't always finish last: succeeding in hierarchical organizations
General Economics
2020-09-08 v4 Economics
Abstract
What are the chances of an ethical individual rising through the ranks of a political party or a corporation in the presence of unethical peers? To answer this question, I consider a four-player two-stage elimination tournament, in which players are partitioned into those willing to be involved in sabotage behavior and those who are not. I show that, under certain conditions, the latter are more likely to win the tournament.
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@article{arxiv.2007.04435,
title = {Nice guys don't always finish last: succeeding in hierarchical organizations},
author = {Doron Klunover},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.04435},
year = {2020}
}