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Rewards in Bureaucracy and Politics

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Compensation; Pay; Reputation

Definition

The term “reward” comes from Middle English meed, mede (“reward, meed, recompense”). Rewards are a system to compensate performance of subjects and incentivize their motivation within organizations. Rewards system can include tangible elements (e.g., remuneration and other benefits) and intangible elements (e.g., reputation, job responsibility).

Introduction

The concept of rewards is a main management topic developed from behavioral research in psychology. These studies analyze how people react to rewards and what motivates them to work in organizations. The concept of rewards is associated with the concept of motivation, which indicates the forces that energize, direct, and sustain behavior of individuals (Perry and Porter 1982). In general, rewards systems are based on processes, policies, and strategies to motivate subjects to achieve strategic goals and enhance the productivity of organizations (Armstrong 2007; Reif 1975). Put...

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  1. CNR – National Research Council of Italy, Torino, Italy

    Igor Benati & Mario Coccia

  2. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Mario Coccia

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  1. Igor Benati
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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Benati, I., Coccia, M. (2018). Rewards in Bureaucracy and Politics. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3417-1

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