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The myth of incentive pay schemes

Research keeps finding little link between CEO pay and company performance.
 
Tim Hunter talks about his latest column on NBR Radio and on demand on MyNBR Radio.

Fri, 09 Oct 2015

Psychologist Frederick Herzberg called it the “kick in the arse” concept of human motivation – provide a financial reward and an employee will do what you want.

He also said it doesn’t work. Mr Herzberg, who rephrased his KITA acronym with the word “pants” to soothe the sensitivities of the

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