Effects of Incentive Payment Systems, United Kingdom, 1977-1980

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The survey studied the effects of newly introduced incentive payment systems. At the time, many organisations in Britain were considering introducing self-financing productivity schemes which involved changes to their wage payment systems. This provided the project team with a unique opportunity for a large-scale comparative study of the effects of introducing new reward schemes to encourage better performance at work supplemented by in-depth studies at a small number of organisations.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br> The data covers the following information:<br> a) environmental conditions<br> b) company profile and structure<br> c) incentive scheme design and implementation<br> d) features of the work<br> e) the behavioural system<br> f) operating systems in the organisation<br> g) changes in productivity/performance<br> h) changes in production costs.