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The experience of the performance-related pay in Italy’s high school system

Rosaria Addamo (Department of Economics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy)
Bruno S. Sergi (Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and Department of Economics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy)
Mark Esposito (Division of Continuing Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble, France)

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy

ISSN: 1750-6204

Article publication date: 14 August 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to draw on data from a survey research study conducted in Italy that explored the effects of performance-related pay (PRP) among 500 high school teachers.

Design/methodology/approach

Survey responses studies were conducted.

Findings

The results are consistent with theoretical predictions that monetary incentives for activities with a strong social impact may crowd out employee image motivation. This study documents that the use of monetary incentives is neither necessary nor desirable and the pay-for-performance does not affect the intrinsic motivation of teaching staff employees.

Originality/value

This work advances the conversation on relative pay in the field of higher education in Italy.

Keywords

Citation

Addamo, R., Sergi, B.S. and Esposito, M. (2017), "The experience of the performance-related pay in Italy’s high school system", Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 480-490. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-11-2015-0053

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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