Why do employers only reward extreme performance? Examining the relationships among performance, pay, and turnover.

This study develops an efficiency explanation for commonly observed performance-based compensation contracts that aggressively reward extreme performance while largely disregarding performance distinctions for moderate performance levels. In response to this reward-the-extremes contract, the paper...

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Published in:	Administrative Science Quarterly Vol. 37; pp. 198 - 220
Main Author:	Zenger, Todd R.
Format:	Article
Published:	Administrative Science Quarterly June 1992
Subjects:	Pay for performance Labor turnover Labor supply Management Engineers Employment
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