Conclusions

Angela M. Bowey, Richard Thorpe and Phil Hellier

Chapter 8 in Payment Systems and Productivity, 1986, pp 254-261 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This book substantiates many behavioural science findings of the past that have remained largely ignored by British managers. In the 1920s the Industrial Fatigue Research Board in Britain and Mayo’s research colleagues at Harvard in the US began to uncover the complex issues involved in productivity and motivation. These and later studies showed that understanding worker motivation required them to go outside the boundaries of logical and rational models based on responses to financial incentives which were in vogue at the time. What was found then and substantiated many times since, is that people have multiple needs, feelings and personal goals that are not always consistent or compatible with those ascribed to them by incentive scheme designers.

Keywords: Management Team; Payment System; Incentive Scheme; Participative Approach; Payment Scheme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-18106-3_8

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