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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Performance pay"”.
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Performance pay and teacher selection: do performance pay programs attract higher-ability teachers?
… school districts are beginning to implement performance pay programs that provide teachers the opportunity to earn pay bonuses based on measures of teaching performance. Despite the growing number of districts offering these programs, we know little about their effects. Theory suggests that …
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Teacher Performance Pay: The Perceptions Of Certified School-based Pe
… administrators and instructional personnel on performance. Although ahead of the required statutory timeline, the School District of Lee County implemented a teacher performance pay plan during the 1998–1999 school year as a result of Florida's legislative direction. The problem of this study …
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Analyzing the Effects of a Performance Pay Plan on Manager Performance in an Accounting Firm
… study examined the effect of a score card¬-based performance pay plan in a professional services firm. The plan was implemented in response to a decreasing trend in productivity and a desire for a formal incentive compensation plan. Performance of manager and senior manager accountants were …
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An evaluation of two performance pay systems on the productivity of employees in a certified public accounting firm.
… the effects of switching from an incentive pay system solely based on productivity to a scorecard-based incentive pay system. Performance of staff and senior accountants was analyzed across three departments for a two-year baseline and a three-year intervention period. Results showed that …
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Is there folly when worker A is more productive than worker B? : examining heterogeneous responses to individual and group performance pay
… ability levels respond in different ways to performance pay, there is little research documenting such a relationship. In this study, I examine how employee ability moderates the effectiveness of two types of incentives in a field experiment with warehouse workers at Picklnc, a large …
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Performance based pay: an empirical investigation of the impact of performance pay increases on perceptions critical to successful merit pay programs
… study was to investigate the impact of size of performance pay increases on employee perceptions critical to the success of merit pay programs. Perceptions investigated in this study included: 1) instrumentality, 2) expectancy, 3) performance appraisal administration, 4) performance appraisal …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Attitudes Regarding Performance-Related Pay And Teacher Working Conditions
… working conditions and teacher attitudes toward performance pay in two turnaround schools. In the context of this study, teacher working conditions are defined as professional development, school leadership, and teacher collaboration. Teacher survey results are used as a means of data collection …
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Teacher Self-Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes about Reform Accountability Measures, and Teacher Burn-out
… effectiveness ratings, A – F school grades, and performance pay. The study was based on responses from 106 urban elementary teachers in an Indiana school district with more than 15,000 students. Correlations between burnout and self-efficacy were found to be consistent with previous studies, …
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Teachers' and Administrators' Perceptions of a New Multi-Measure Teacher Evaluation System in One Large Urban School District in Texas: Implications for School and District Leaders
… ratings to be based on multiple measures of performance, with many states and districts electing to establish performance pay incentive parameters for meeting specific goals (Doherty & Jacobs, 2013). In the backdrop of this transitional educational landscape, at least one large urban school …
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The role of motivation in performance management: The case of performance-related-pay schemes in British local authorities
The adoption of performance-related pay schemes is part of the wider market-type reforms occurring in public services today. However, this ‘managerial revolution’ has prompted an academic debate for and against these practices. The main questions raised revolve around the novelty, objectivity and …
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Site management teams and project performance in the UK construction industry
… working is inextricability associated with good performance. Within the United Kingdom construction industry the need for team working is extensive. A proper understanding of teams and the advancement of construction team management capacity would have far-reaching benefits for the sector. The …
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Secondary Teacher Mentors' and Non-Mentors' Perceptions of Job Satisfaction With Implications On Rentention
… related to job satisfaction and retention and if performance pay models would benefit teachers' perceptions of their job related to job retention. Dissertation chair: Rhonda Jeffries, Ph.D.</p>
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Teachers' Perceptions of Merit Pay in Georgia
… explored the perceptions of implementing a merit pay plan as reported by elementary teachers in three rural Georgia school districts, one of which was participating in the Race to the Top (RT3) initiative. The study examined the perceptions of 109 elementary teachers in regard to merit pay …
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Exploring the principal perspective on teacher attrition in urban education : a single case study.
… in this study perceived compensation, performance pay, and workload balance as critical to teacher decisions related to remaining or leaving the profession in different ways. Second, the principal participants in this study identified leader support and relationships as reasons why …
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The evaluation criteria and procedures employed to assess the performance of secondary public school principals in Virginia
… of secondary public school principals' performance in Virginia, and how important are these to the process? Further inquiries were made to determine the purposes of evaluating secondary public school principals. Procedures A four-point scale was employed in the questionnaire to assess …
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The impact of motivation on employee performance in an organization: case study of Zambia Airports Corporation limited, Lusaka.
… influence important aspects of organizational performance in a multitude of ways. If an organization is to treat its employees as its most important asset, it has to be knowledgeable about what it is that motivates people to reach their full potential. Understanding employee perspectives and …
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The impact of motivation on employee performance in an organization: case study of Zambia Airports Corporation limited, Lusaka.
… influence important aspects of organizational performance in a multitude of ways. If an organization is to treat its employees as its most important asset, it has to be knowledgeable about what it is that motivates people to reach their full potential. Understanding employee perspectives and …
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School Principals' Attitudes Towards Performance Based Compensation
… the attitudes of school principals regarding a performance based compensation system. This study identifies the attitudes towards specific factors that should be considered in the implementation of a system of performance based compensation. The data have been analyzed to determine if a …
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Incentives in the classroom: performance-based compensation implementation and impact in high performing schools in Shanghai, China
Performance-based compensation is gaining traction in the education systems of countries that lead in the world economy and in comparative international assessments of student achievement. Longstanding and contemporary debates in educational policy and research question the potential of this …
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