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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Performance Appraisal for Merit Pay.

Milkovich, George T.

Wigdor, Alexandra K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Compensation management--United States.

Compensation management.

Merit pay--United States.

Merit pay.

Employees--Rating of--United States.

Employees.

United States--Officials and employees--Salaries, etc.

United States.

United States--Officials and employees--Rating of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9786610211746

9781280211744

1280211741

9780309572125

0309572126

9780585021676

0585021678

OCLC:

228064258