Preface Introduction: Rethinking Government Compensation Programs - Howard Risher e Charles H. Fay Part One: Understanding Salary Management 1. Are Current Programs Working? Viewa from the Trenches - Barbara S. Wamsley 2. Salary Structures: The Framework for Salary Management - Howard Risher 3. Aligning Pay Levels with Prevailing Labor Market Rates - Charles H. Fay 4. Job Classification: The Support System for Personnel Decison Making - Lyn Meridew Holley, James R. O'Connell 5. Job Evaluation: The Search for Internal Equity - Howard Risher e Lois R. Wise 6. Rewarding Skills in the Public Sector - Nina Gupta 7. Competency-Based Pay: The Next Model for Salary Management - Howard Risher 8. Executive Salary Management: The Clash of Political and Labor Market Realities - Howard Risher Part Two: Linking Pay to Performance 9. Managing and Assessing Employee Performance - Doris Hausser e Charles H. Fay 10. Merit Pay: Motivating and Rewarding Individual Performance - Howard Risher, Charles H. Fay e James L. Perry 11. Gainsharing in Government: Group-Based Performance Pay for Public Employees - Ronald P. Sanders 12. Paying for Performance: Lessons Learned in Fifteen Years of Federal Demonstration Projects - Brigitte W. Schay Part Three: Public Compensation in Unionized and International Contexts 13. The Role of Collective Bargaining in Public Sector Pay Determination - Bonnie G. Bogue 14. Public Pay Programs in OECD Countries - Anke Freibert Conclusion: Planning for the Future - Howard Risher, Charles H. Fay Index