Back to the future revisited: a systematic literature review of performance-related pay in the public sector
Back to the future revisited: a systematic literature review of performance-related pay in the public sector
Performance-related pay (PRP) has been part of public-sector pay structures
in the past four decades. Despite public administration scholars denouncing
its use in the public sector, PRP is being increasingly implemented in public
organizations worldwide. Notwithstanding controversy over its use in the
public sector, the last decade has seen a huge surge in its adoption. In order to assess the theoretical, empirical, and scientific reasoning for this interest we analyze the existing literature in order to identify the emerging discussions in this area and to provide a systematic review that can be used as guidance for future research. The review highlights the gaps in our current knowledge of PRP in the public sector and identifies factors affecting its success that have emerged from new research over the last fourteen years. After identifying these, we propose a number of important pathways that future research might take in order for public organizations globally to design optimal PRP schemes.
performance-related pay (PRP), extrinsic reward, work motivation, public sector, systematic literature review (SLR)
Ahmad, Farooq
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Lyu, Jing (Daisy)
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Stazyk, Edmund
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Higgs, Malcolm
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Ahmad, Farooq
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Lyu, Jing (Daisy)
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Stazyk, Edmund
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Higgs, Malcolm
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Ahmad, Farooq, Lyu, Jing (Daisy), Stazyk, Edmund and Higgs, Malcolm
(2024)
Back to the future revisited: a systematic literature review of performance-related pay in the public sector.
International Public Management Journal.
(doi:10.1080/10967494.2024.2322139).
Abstract
Performance-related pay (PRP) has been part of public-sector pay structures
in the past four decades. Despite public administration scholars denouncing
its use in the public sector, PRP is being increasingly implemented in public
organizations worldwide. Notwithstanding controversy over its use in the
public sector, the last decade has seen a huge surge in its adoption. In order to assess the theoretical, empirical, and scientific reasoning for this interest we analyze the existing literature in order to identify the emerging discussions in this area and to provide a systematic review that can be used as guidance for future research. The review highlights the gaps in our current knowledge of PRP in the public sector and identifies factors affecting its success that have emerged from new research over the last fourteen years. After identifying these, we propose a number of important pathways that future research might take in order for public organizations globally to design optimal PRP schemes.
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 February 2024
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 April 2024
Keywords:
performance-related pay (PRP), extrinsic reward, work motivation, public sector, systematic literature review (SLR)
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/489122
ISSN: 1096-7494
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