%0 Journal Article %T Employer¡¯s information and promotion-seeking activities %A Gil S. Epstein %J Economics and Business Letters %D 2012 %I Oviedo University Press %X This paper presents a model in which promotion of employees within the internal firm hierarchy is determined by the individuals¡¯ allocation of time between promotion/rent-seeking and productive activity. We consider the effect of an increase in the employer¡¯s knowledge (information) regarding the employees¡¯ productivity levels on the total time spent by the workers in non-productive promotion-seeking activities. %K promotion-seeking activities %K contest %K knowledge %U http://www.unioviedo.es/reunido/index.php/EBL/article/download/9631/9564