TY  - JOUR
TI  - False or Fitting Recognition? The Use of High Performance Bonuses in Motivating Organizational Achievements
T2  - Public Administration Issues
IS  - Public Administration Issues
KW  - public regulation
AB  - This research undertakes a theoretical and empirical examination of "high  performance bonus" systems in government, that is, incentive payments awarded by the federal government to state organizations or statewide programs to motivate and recognize high performance achievements. The  paper draws from a multidisciplinary literature on incentives in organizations to first derive implications for the design and implementation of high  performance bonus systems. An empirical analysis of the Workforce Investment Act performance bonus system and its effectiveness in recognizing and rewarding performance follows. The results of the theoretical and empirical investigation suggest that high performance bonus systems are more likely to encourage misrepresentation of performance and other strategic behaviors than to recognize and motivate exceptional performance or performance improvements.
AU  - Carolyn Heinrich
UR  - https://vgmu.hse.ru/en/2008--4/26549825.html
PY  - 2008
SP  - 72-104
VL  -