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The Success of Failure: The Paradox of Performance Pay
Ist Teil von
Review of public personnel administration, 2010-03, Vol.30 (1), p.70-88
Ort / Verlag
Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
Quelle
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This normative article examines the contemporary record of pay-for-performance plans in the federal government.These programs, extending back nearly two generations, have consistently malfunctioned. Nonetheless, the state of the field today is one of continued attempts to use the technique despite agency history and research data that document its problematic nature. Based on scholarly literature, news media reports, and interview data, the analysis assesses the practical experience, policy findings, and political realities of this compensation method. The discussion raises questions about rational decision-making models and suggests that belief in performance pay is akin to an urban legend.