Pay Flexibility and Government Performance : A Multicountry Study

This study examines whether financial incentives through pay flexibility can improve the performance of staff in government bureaucracies. Its main messages for pay policy are pay flexibility can improve performance, pay flexibility works most stri...

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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19630016/pay-flexibility-government-performance-multicountry-study
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spelling okr-10986-189592021-04-23T14:03:50Z Pay Flexibility and Government Performance : A Multicountry Study World Bank ABSENTEEISM ACCOUNTING ACHIEVEMENT ADJUSTMENT ADVERSE SELECTION ATTENTION ATTRIBUTION BARGAINING BEHAVIOR CHANGE BELIEFS BUSINESS PERFORMANCE CAREERS CLERICAL TASKS COGNITIVE ABILITY COHERENCE COMPETENCE COMPETENCIES CONTROL GROUPS COPYRIGHT CREATIVITY CRISES DATA ANALYSIS DISMISSAL DISPLACEMENT ECONOMIC COMPETITION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES EMPLOYEE TURNOVER EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EQUAL PAY FINDING EMPLOYMENT FIRING FUNCTIONALITY GENERAL POPULATION GOVERNMENT POLICIES HIRING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INNOVATIONS INSPECTION INTRINSIC MOTIVATION JOB DESCRIPTIONS JOB PERFORMANCE JOB PLACEMENT JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES JOB SATISFACTION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEGAL FRAMEWORK MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY MANUFACTURING MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS MORAL HAZARD MORALE MOTIVATION MOTIVATIONAL EFFECT NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OUTPUTS OUTSOURCING PERCEPTION PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE MEASURES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL PLANNING POLICY FORMULATION POSTAL SERVICE PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS SECTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM DURATION PROMOTION PROMOTIONS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS PUBLIC SERVICES RECOGNITION RECRUITING RECRUITMENT REGISTRY RESULT RESULTS RETENTION SENIORITY SERVANTS SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED PERSONNEL STAFF STAFF MORALE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT LEARNING SUPERVISION TARGETS TERMINATION TIME PERIOD TOTAL WAGE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES UNIONS USES WAGE BARGAINING WAGE BILL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE RATE WAGES WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS This study examines whether financial incentives through pay flexibility can improve the performance of staff in government bureaucracies. Its main messages for pay policy are pay flexibility can improve performance, pay flexibility works most strikingly in changing managerial behavior. Improving public sector performance does not need to wait for systematic pay rationalization or pay simplification throughout government. Pay flexibility can work with rather than instead of long-term career incentives. The strategy and implementation of pay flexibility reforms must take into account the extent of fragmentation and complexity of the existing public sector pay structure in the country. 2014-07-21T21:26:52Z 2014-07-21T21:26:52Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19630016/pay-flexibility-government-performance-multicountry-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18959 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic ABSENTEEISM
ACCOUNTING
ACHIEVEMENT
ADJUSTMENT
ADVERSE SELECTION
ATTENTION
ATTRIBUTION
BARGAINING
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BELIEFS
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
CAREERS
CLERICAL TASKS
COGNITIVE ABILITY
COHERENCE
COMPETENCE
COMPETENCIES
CONTROL GROUPS
COPYRIGHT
CREATIVITY
CRISES
DATA ANALYSIS
DISMISSAL
DISPLACEMENT
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES
EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
EQUAL PAY
FINDING EMPLOYMENT
FIRING
FUNCTIONALITY
GENERAL POPULATION
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HIRING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INNOVATIONS
INSPECTION
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
JOB DESCRIPTIONS
JOB PERFORMANCE
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES
JOB SATISFACTION
JOBS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
MANUFACTURING
MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS
MORAL HAZARD
MORALE
MOTIVATION
MOTIVATIONAL EFFECT
NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS
ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS
ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
OUTPUTS
OUTSOURCING
PERCEPTION
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL PLANNING
POLICY FORMULATION
POSTAL SERVICE
PRESENT EVIDENCE
PREVIOUS SECTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS
PROGRAM DURATION
PROMOTION
PROMOTIONS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS
PUBLIC SECTOR JOB
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RECOGNITION
RECRUITING
RECRUITMENT
REGISTRY
RESULT
RESULTS
RETENTION
SENIORITY
SERVANTS
SKILLED EMPLOYEES
SKILLED PERSONNEL
STAFF
STAFF MORALE
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
SUPERVISION
TARGETS
TERMINATION
TIME PERIOD
TOTAL WAGE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
UNIONS
USES
WAGE BARGAINING
WAGE BILL
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE RATE
WAGES
WORKER
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
WORKERS
spellingShingle ABSENTEEISM
ACCOUNTING
ACHIEVEMENT
ADJUSTMENT
ADVERSE SELECTION
ATTENTION
ATTRIBUTION
BARGAINING
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BELIEFS
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
CAREERS
CLERICAL TASKS
COGNITIVE ABILITY
COHERENCE
COMPETENCE
COMPETENCIES
CONTROL GROUPS
COPYRIGHT
CREATIVITY
CRISES
DATA ANALYSIS
DISMISSAL
DISPLACEMENT
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES
EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
EQUAL PAY
FINDING EMPLOYMENT
FIRING
FUNCTIONALITY
GENERAL POPULATION
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HIRING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INNOVATIONS
INSPECTION
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
JOB DESCRIPTIONS
JOB PERFORMANCE
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES
JOB SATISFACTION
JOBS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
MANUFACTURING
MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS
MORAL HAZARD
MORALE
MOTIVATION
MOTIVATIONAL EFFECT
NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS
ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS
ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
OUTPUTS
OUTSOURCING
PERCEPTION
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL PLANNING
POLICY FORMULATION
POSTAL SERVICE
PRESENT EVIDENCE
PREVIOUS SECTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS
PROGRAM DURATION
PROMOTION
PROMOTIONS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS
PUBLIC SECTOR JOB
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RECOGNITION
RECRUITING
RECRUITMENT
REGISTRY
RESULT
RESULTS
RETENTION
SENIORITY
SERVANTS
SKILLED EMPLOYEES
SKILLED PERSONNEL
STAFF
STAFF MORALE
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
SUPERVISION
TARGETS
TERMINATION
TIME PERIOD
TOTAL WAGE
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
UNIONS
USES
WAGE BARGAINING
WAGE BILL
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE RATE
WAGES
WORKER
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
WORKERS
World Bank
Pay Flexibility and Government Performance : A Multicountry Study
description This study examines whether financial incentives through pay flexibility can improve the performance of staff in government bureaucracies. Its main messages for pay policy are pay flexibility can improve performance, pay flexibility works most strikingly in changing managerial behavior. Improving public sector performance does not need to wait for systematic pay rationalization or pay simplification throughout government. Pay flexibility can work with rather than instead of long-term career incentives. The strategy and implementation of pay flexibility reforms must take into account the extent of fragmentation and complexity of the existing public sector pay structure in the country.
format Publications & Research
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Pay Flexibility and Government Performance : A Multicountry Study
title_short Pay Flexibility and Government Performance : A Multicountry Study
title_full Pay Flexibility and Government Performance : A Multicountry Study
title_fullStr Pay Flexibility and Government Performance : A Multicountry Study
title_full_unstemmed Pay Flexibility and Government Performance : A Multicountry Study
title_sort pay flexibility and government performance : a multicountry study
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19630016/pay-flexibility-government-performance-multicountry-study
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18959
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