The experience of the performance-related pay in Italy’s high school system
Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
ISSN: 1750-6204
Article publication date: 14 August 2017
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
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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