Performance based pay: an empirical investigation of the impact of performance pay increases on perceptions critical to successful merit pay programs

The purpose of this 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 content, 5) trust in city management, 6) pay communication, and 7) importance of pay. It was hypothesized that individuals who received above average performance pay increases would exhibit significant positive changes toward perceptions of interest while individuals who received below average performance pay increases would exhibit significant negative changes toward perceptions of interest.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Business Administration

Department dc:contributor.department

Business Administration

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1985

Author dc:creator

• Vest, Michael J.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Robinson, Jerald F.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Scott, K. Dow
• Madigan, Robert M.
• Fortune, Jimmie C.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-11142012-040207

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45666