Is merit pay changing ethos in public administration?

Tracking the merit of merit pay

Merit Pay in Canadian Universities

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The Allocation of Merit Pay in Academia

This paper investigates whether the widespread awarding of faculty merit pay at a large public university accurately reflects productivity. We show that pairwise voting on a quality standard by a committee can in theory be consistent with observed allocation patterns. However, the data indicate only nominal adherence to a quality standard. Departments with more severe compression issues are mor...

Merit Pay in the Public Sector : the Case for a Failure of Theory

Contingent pay has become very popular in response to criticisms of traditional pay policies in government. The new systems, however, have generally failed to increase productivity. Although many scholars have attributed failures of merit pay to poor implementation or weak top management commitment, an alternative explanation is that the theory on which merit pay is based is flawed. It is argue...

Merit Pay: Just or Unjust Desserts