Promise and peril in implementing pay-for-performance

Promise and Peril in Implementing Pay-for-performance

Immense pressure for higher performance has led corporations to search continually for managerial practices that will enhance competitiveness. An increasingly large number of corporations have explored how rewards, particularly money, could be linked to desired behavior and/or performance outcomes to improve effectiveness (Gerhart & Rynes, 2003; Pfeffer, 1998; Rigby, 2001). This has led to wide...

Running Head: PROMISE AND PERIL Promise and Peril in Implementing Pay for Performance: A Report on Thirteen Natural Experiments

Promise and Peril in Implementing Pay for Performance: A Report on Thirteen Natural Experiments

Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. Abstract Despite the popularity of pay for performance programs, very little research has examined the dynamics and dilemmas associated with implementing these...

Certain promise and uncertain peril

A Hippocratic oath is required not only for the individual patient but also for the community at large. This thought is provoked by a number of debates in health care on the potential conflict between personal need and the common good. Should high-tech medicine be funded at the expense of preventative and community health? Did the saving of individual lives through antibiotics spawn killer stra...

The Promise and Peril of Executive Federalism: