Pay for Performance and Merit Pay Issues

By Stephen Barr - Any organization's change to performance pay is a huge undertaking, Walker said in an introduction to the GAO report. How it is done, when it is done, and the basis on which it is done can make all the difference in their success, he wrote. Learn more. (Added: 13-Aug-2005 Hits: 678 )

By Joanne Sammer - Drawing from several real life company case studies this article suggests that incentive programs need to be regularly reviewed and modified to be effective. (Added: 19-Dec-2005 Hits: 403 )

By WorldatWork - A transcript of an online chat session focusing on how to make variable pay schemes work. (Added: 27-Feb-2006 Hits: 707 )

By Stephen Barr - What do employees thing about pay for performance. Some information collected by the Washington post about employee perceptons of merit pay. (Added: 13-Aug-2005 Hits: 560 )

By M. Baker - Any organization's change to performance pay is a huge undertaking, Walker said in an introduction to the GAO report. How it is done, when it is done, and the basis on which it is done can make all the difference in their success, he wrote. (Added: 13-Aug-2005 Hits: 805 )

By na - Paying teachers on the basis of performance is gaining increasing support as a vehicle to improve the quality of teaching. Schools, districts and states throughout the country are wrestling with the creation and implementation of pay-for-performance programs. In February 2001, ECS brought together representatives of five leading pay-for-performance models to discuss their efforts and see what lessons could be gleaned for the benefit of policymakers in other states and districts interested in implementing a pay-for-performance system. The models ranged in scope from site-specific to statewide programs in scope; some already had been implemented while others were yet to be adopted. (Added: 13-Aug-2005 Hits: 709 )

By Shawn Zeller - Managers who've done it say it's surprisingly hard to link performance and salaries. Written for the government context, issues are relevant to any oranization looking at performance pay. (Added: 13-Aug-2005 Hits: 823 )