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Performance-related pay and work motivation : theoretical and empirical perspectives for the French civil service

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  • Forest Virginie

    (LEFI - Laboratoire d'Economie de la Firme et des Institutions - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2)

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At a time when the civil services of most OECD countries have embarked on aprocess of modernization of their practices, we are questioning the relevance ofintroducing performance-related pay systems, particularly in view of the, moreoften than not, negative effects on the work motivation of civil servants. TheFrench civil service has recently decided to pay a part of its public officials on thebasis of their performance, and we show how these individualized remunerationpractices can, in the long term, undermine the public service motivations that drivesome civil servants. Our reasoning is supported by the empirical results of studiesconducted in the United States, in England and also in France, as well as on thedevelopments of intrinsic motivation theories, combined with the developmentsof the public service motivation theory.

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  • Forest Virginie, 2008. "Performance-related pay and work motivation : theoretical and empirical perspectives for the French civil service," Post-Print halshs-00380564, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00380564
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    1. Kirsten Bregn, 2013. "Detrimental Effects of Performance-Related Pay in the Public Sector? On the Need for a Broader Theoretical Perspective," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 21-35, March.
    2. Michael Olejniczak & Dirk Salmon & Wenzel Matiaske & Simon Fietze, 2014. "Arbeitsbedingungen in Jobcentern - Gemeinsame Einrichtungen nach § 44b SGB II Mitarbeiterbefragung zum Arbeitsumfeld, psychischer Belastung und Arbeitszufriedenheit," Report 028, Werkstatt für Organisations- und Personalforschung.

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