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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778875903321

Titolo

Pay for performance : evaluating performance appraisal and merit pay / / George T. Milkovich and Alexandra K. Wigdor, editors, with Renae F. Broderick and Anne S. Mavor ; Committee on Performance Appraisal for Merit Pay, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1991

ISBN

1-280-21174-1

9786610211746

0-309-57212-6

0-585-02167-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 210 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

MilkovichGeorge T

WigdorAlexandra K

Disciplina

658.3/125

Soggetti

Compensation management - United States

Merit pay - United States

Employees - Rating of - United States

United States Officials and employees Salaries, etc

United States Officials and employees Rating of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 The History of Civil Service Reform; 5 3 The Nature of the Evidence; 6 4 Performance Appraisal: Definition, Measurement, and Application; 7 5 Pay for Performance: Perspectives and Research; 8 6 Private-Sector Practice and Perspectives; 9 7 The Importance of Context; 10 8 Findings and Conclusions; 11 References; 12 Appendix A: Survey Descriptions; 13 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches; 14 Index

Sommario/riassunto

Looks at performance appraisal and pay practices in the private sector and describes how private industry experience is relevant to federal pay reform. This book focuses on the needs of the federal government, exploring how the federal pay system evolved; evidence on federal employee attitudes toward their work, and their pay; and more.