Management Style and Fair Payment

Abstract

This article discusses the relationship between management style within a firm and the procedures used to determine internal wage and salary differentials. At a time when management styles are apparently becoming less authoritarian and paternalistic in favour of greater worker participation there is obviously a danger of firms using payment techniques which are inappropriate to the current management/worker relationship. Some simple models of workers and organization are used to identify four broad styles of management. These styles are then related to the job evaluation and performance rating techniques in common use in British industry today. Some general conclusions are drawn concerning future trends in payment to suit management style.

Citation

Husband, T. (1975), "Management Style and Fair Payment", Personnel Review, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 23-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055292