TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– To evaluate a proposed prescriptive model for the design of effective combinations of performance goals and pay‐for‐performance plans for the performance management of teams.Design/methodology/approach– The idea underlying the model – in which task, goal, and reward interdependence and their fit play a dominant role – is that a pay‐for‐performance plan should support the team goals and the goals of individual team members as well as support the way in which team members need to cooperate. To obtain a first notion on the model's validity, it was applied to evaluate a pay‐for‐performance plan for management teams at a large IT company. This evaluation consisted of an in‐depth study of three management teams, using a case study methodology.Findings– Combinations of fit among type of team, performance goals, and pay‐for‐performance plan (established by a fit between the interdependence constructs and/or by an overlap in the content of the goal and pay indicators) are more effective than combinations of misfit.Research limitations/implications– The case study was limited to intra‐team interdependence relationships and did allow for a analysis of the separate effects of a fit between the interdependence constructs versus content fit.Practical implications– This study shows that pay‐for‐performance plans should not be designed in isolation, but rather in alignment with performance goals and existing task interdependencies.Originality/value– This is the first study to investigate the three inter‐dependence constructs in conjunction in a field setting.
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
SN  - 0048-3486
DO  - 10.1108/00483480610636812
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480610636812
AU  - van Vijfeijken Harm
AU  - Kleingeld Ad
AU  - van Tuijl Harrie
AU  - Algera Jen A.
AU  - Thierry Henk
PY  - 2006
Y1  - 2006/01/01
TI  - Interdependence and fit in team performance management
T2  - Personnel Review
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 98
EP  - 117
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -