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Why doesn't performance pay work?

R P Griffin
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The NHS is about to embark on the widescale introduction of performance-related pay. A number of recent studies have seriously questioned the efficacy of merit pay. Utilizing the expectancy theory of motivation, explains why performance pay is unlike to motivate NHS staff.

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Employee Performance AppraisalEvaluation Studies as TopicHumansMotivationRewardSalaries and Fringe BenefitsState MedicineUnited KingdomJournal Article

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R P Griffin. 1992. Why doesn't performance pay work?. https://doi.org/10.1108/09552069210023088

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