ABSTRACT

Although performance pay is used in many industrialized nations, the structure and success of this pay system vary widely depending on the institutions, regulatory framework, and legal settings of each country. This book makes the details and effects of these local variations clear for the first time. World-renowned experts on the programs in their respective countries provide in-depth analyses of performance pay in the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Japan, and Brazil. They draw out common themes across the countries, as well as country-specific determinants of the use of performance pay and its level of success.

chapter Chapter 1|14 pages

Paying for Performance

Setting the Stage

chapter Chapter 2|35 pages

Performance Pay in the United States

Its Determinants and Effects

chapter Chapter 3|38 pages

Performance Pay in Canada

chapter Chapter 4|25 pages

France

Weitzman Under State Paternalism?

chapter Chapter 5|33 pages

Performance Pay in the United Kingdom

The Case of the Inland Revenue Service

chapter Chapter 6|31 pages

The German Experience with Performance Pay

chapter Chapter 7|35 pages

Performance Related Pay in Australia

chapter Chapter 9|25 pages

The Brazilian Case

Performance Pay as Workers’ Right

chapter Chapter 10|15 pages

Paying for Performance

What Has Been Learned?