The effectiveness of organization-wide compensation strategies in technology intensive firms

M. D. Saura and Luis R. Gómez-Mejía

DEE - Working Papers. Business Economics. WB from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa

Abstract: This study examines compensation strategies formulated and implemented by high technology firms and their relative effectiveness. Based on a sample of 173 firms, empirical results indicate that the following pay strategies are most appropriate for high technology organizations: A greater emphasis on the individual rather than the job as the unit of analysis, sharing of risks between employees and the firm, an external market orientation, dispersed decision making authority for pay allocation purposes, reliance on aggregate incentives and a longer time orientation.

Keywords: Compensation; strategies; High; technology; Sharing; risk; Incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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