The paper presents a review of the study and practice pertaining to the effectiveness of performance-related pay with a particular emphasis on higher educational organizations. The overall research question guiding the review was to establish the extent to which performance pay-based practices have been successful undergoing great changes in…

Performance appraisals have traditionally been directed at individuals, serving either an administrative or developmental purpose. They may serve a role definition purpose as well. This study sought to identify and more broadly define the purposes of performance appraisals to include this role definition purpose. Furthermore, this study examined…

Evaluating the impact of the recent state education reforms is an issue now confronting every state legislature. This paper focuses upon evaluating state education policies for a legislative audience. The text of the paper covers the following topics: (1) the urgency of staff evaluation; (2) how evaluation can help state legislators; (3)…