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    The Link between Pay and Performance

    Reilly P | Jan 2003 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This is a short note examining the relationship between performance and remuneration. We have concentrated on the link at individual (rather than group or corporate) level and we have focused on pay, not any other forms of reward. Finally, we have not looked specifically at the different techniques for relating performance to pay.

  • The relationship between total reward and employee engagement

    Brown D, Callen A, Robinson D | May 2016 | NHS Employers

    NHS Employers commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to conduct an evidence review in the areas of total reward and employee engagement. This report contains our findings which summarise existing research on the links between the two areas whilst drawing out the implications of our findings for employing organisations in the NHS.

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    Evidence-Based Reward Management

    Creating measurable business impact from your pay and reward practices

    Armstrong M, Brown D, Reilly P | Jun 2010 | Kogan Page

    Evidence-Based Reward Management presents an analysis of the current failure of organisations to assess the effectiveness of pay and reward practices. It considers the reasons for this and outlines the damaging consequences. By examining developments in human capital information and measurement it looks at how HR can construct effective reward for improved performance, both for the individual and organisation. The authors present the tools and techniques that can be applied to practice evidence-based reward management, including a four-step model which sets strategic goals, reviews current policies, looks at how to pilot and make changes and improvements and explains how to monitor and adapt on an ongoing basis.

  • Slides: Reward: coming out of recession

    Duncan Brown | Apr 2014 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Duncan Brown's slides on 'Reward:coming out of recession' which he presented at the IES Mini Conference: Really big headlines on 24 April 2014.

  • Measuring the effectiveness of pay and reward practices

    How do we achieve more evidence-based reward management?

    Brown D, Reilly P | Mar 2009 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This article profiles an IES research project on reward effectiveness and the early findings. Despite the contemporary focus on the effectiveness of certain reward practices and the spread of evidence-based management techniques and balanced scorecards, it describes how very few UK organisations seem to systematically evaluate and produce robust evidence to justify their reward practices. It considers the reasons for this, including the complexity of rewards and their assessment criteria.

  • Performance Management: Literature Review

    Chubb C, Reilly P, Brown D | Apr 2011 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper reviews the literature on performance management and appraisals to see where there may be useful learning for organisations. It also provides important criteria on which to judge the effectiveness of the implementation of a performance management system.

  • 2019: a totally rewarding year?

    2019: a totally rewarding year?

    IES Perspectives on HR 2019

    Brown D | Jan 2019 | Institute for Employment Studies

    What can employers and policymakers do to make total rewards a reality for UK employees? In this paper, IES head of HR consultancy, Duncan Brown, analyses trends in total rewards, UK workplaces and the wider economy to consider the state of play on total rewards in UK organisations.

  • Performance Management: Can the practice ever deliver the policy?

    Brown D | Oct 2010 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Performance management, it appears, isn’t working.

  • Thoughts for the day: IES Perspectives on HR 2016

    Feb 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This compilation of bite-sized essays by leading thinkers confronts and expands on existing thinking, plans, and practices in HR and employment. It will help HR leaders think about, plan for, and deal with these ‘known and unknown unknowns’, challenging modern fads, reinforcing some long-standing truths and offering original and practical insights.

  • Employee Engagement: What is the Relationship with Reward Management?

    Reilly P, Brown D | Dec 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This paper (published as ‘Reward and Engagement’, in WorldatWork Journal, November 2008) sets out the relationship between reward and employee engagement as a valid and powerful area for future research and practice in reward management. It considers what employee engagement really means and why it is important (primarily because of the potentially powerful influence on organisation performance). The paper presents a review of research evidence on the complex relationship between reward and engagement, and provides guidelines for practising a more engagement-focused approach.