Merit pay in United States postsecondary institutions

✍ Scribed by Richard I. Miller

• Book ID: 104637279
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 870 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-1560
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00137973

✦ Synopsis

Merit pay continues to be a sensitive and fairly common practice in the United States, although the prevalence of the practice has been closely linked to the state of the economy. Merit can be defined as fiscal rewards that are determined yearly on criteria that are designed for that purpose.

The article endeavors to help the reader understand the "pros" and "cons" of merit, some operational merit pay programs, key issues in making merit pay awards, and components of effective merit pay systems. Finally, a section focuses on alternative ways to recognize differences in performance.

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