Barry Gerhart

This best selling title takes a three-pronged approach to compensation by focusing on theory, research, and practice. Compensation emphasizes the importance of total compensation and its relevance for achieving sustainable competitive advantage. The author's goal is to translate the theory and evidence into guidance for improving the management of pay.

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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management provides a complete introduction to human resource management for the general business manager who wants to learn more about how HRM is used in the everyday work environment. Its adaptive learning program and its engaging, focused, and applied content make it the fastest growing HRM program on the market.

Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage was developed to teach students how to strategically overcome challenges within organizations, and gain a competitive advantage for their companies. Its author's teamwork, diverse research, teaching, and consulting experience delivers a learning program strong is depth and breadth, and current in research and practice simply not found in other products.

Best selling title. Tackles major compensation from three sides: theory, research, and practice - no situation can survive that onslaught!The 12th edition continues to emphasize the importance of total compensation and its relevance for achieving sustainable competitive advantage. Beyond how much people are paid, how they are paid matters too. Managing pay means ensuring that the right people get the right pay for achieving objectives in the right way.AUTHOR NOTES:Jerry Newman - research and teaching emphasis on compensation and rewards. Author of My Secret Life on the McJob: Lessons in Leadership Guaranteed to Supersize Any Management Style - awarded one of the twelve "Best of 2007" by the Wall Street Journal. Author of approximately 100 articles. In more than 30 years of consulting, Jerry has worked with such companies as Cummins Engine, AT&T, Graphic Controls, Hewlett-Packard, RJR Nabisco, Sorrento Cheese, McDonalds, and A & W Root Beer. Recipient of 9 teaching awards. Loves hearing from students and professors - feel free to reach out!Barry Gerhart - serves on the editorial boards for many Journals (including the Academy of Management Journal, Industrial and Laboro Relations Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of World Business, Management and Organization Review, Management Revue, and Personnel Psychology). Recipient of many scholarly achievement awards. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management.George Milkovich - For more than 40 years, he has studied and written about how people get paid and what difference it makes. Milkovich served on several editorial boards and received many awards for his research contributions. He received the Keystone Award for Lifetime Achievement for the World at Work Association and the Distinguished Career Contributions Award from the Academy of Management. He is also a Fellow in both the Academy of Management and the National Academy of Human Resources. He chaired the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Performance and Pay. Milkovich is one of the founders of the Center for Advanced HR Studies, a research and development partnership of leading corporations and Cornell's ILR School. He also advised numerous companies around the world on their compensation strategies, received three outstanding teacher awards, and was a visiting professor at several international universities in Europe and Asia. Milkovich conducted executive seminars in many countries and served on advisory boards of leading academic/research centers in the United States and China.

"The authors artfully synthesize complex scholarly articles from economics, psychology, and sociology. The organization of the book is exceptionally transparent... Compensation should be accessible to a wide range of readers who appreciate a multidisciplinary perspective on organizational issues... I cannot emphasize enough how effectively Gerhart and Rynes discuss compensation thoughout this book. As an experienced academic researcher, I have already benefited tremendously from my first reading of the book . It is a must-read, and I recommend it without reservation to instructors, researchers, and students."--Industrial and Labor Relations Review"Gerhart and Rynes provide a thorough, comprehensive review of the vast literatures relevant to compensation. Their insights regarding the integration of economic, psychological, and management perspectives are particularly enlightening. This text provides an invaluable tool for those interested in advancing our understanding of compensation practices."--Alison Barber, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State UniversityCompensation: Theory, Evidence, and Strategic Implications provides a comprehensive, research-based review of both the determinants and effects of compensation. Combining theory and research from a variety of disciplines, authors Barry Gerhart and Sara L. Rynes examine the three major compensation decisions–pay level, pay structure, and pay delivery systems.Revealing the impact of different compensation policies, this interdisciplinary volume examinesThe relationship between performance-based pay and intrinsic motivation Implications of individual pay differentials for team or unit performance The consequences of pay for performance policies Effect sizes and practical significance of compensation findings Directions for future researchCompensation: Theory, Evidence, and Strategic Implications considers why organizations pay people the way they do and how various pay strategies influence the success of organizations. Critically evaluating areas where research is inconsistent with common beliefs, Gerhart and Rynes explore the motivational effects of compensation.Primarily intended for graduate students in human resource management, psychology, and organizational behavior courses, this book is also an invaluable reference for compensation management consultants and organizational development specialists.

"The authors artfully synthesize complex scholarly articles from economics, psychology, and sociology. The organization of the book is exceptionally transparent... Compensation should be accessible to a wide range of readers who appreciate a multidisciplinary perspective on organizational issues... I cannot emphasize enough how effectively Gerhart and Rynes discuss compensation thoughout this book. As an experienced academic researcher, I have already benefited tremendously from my first reading of the book . It is a must-read, and I recommend it without reservation to instructors, researchers, and students."--Industrial and Labor Relations Review"Gerhart and Rynes provide a thorough, comprehensive review of the vast literatures relevant to compensation. Their insights regarding the integration of economic, psychological, and management perspectives are particularly enlightening. This text provides an invaluable tool for those interested in advancing our understanding of compensation practices."--Alison Barber, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State UniversityCompensation: Theory, Evidence, and Strategic Implications provides a comprehensive, research-based review of both the determinants and effects of compensation. Combining theory and research from a variety of disciplines, authors Barry Gerhart and Sara L. Rynes examine the three major compensation decisions–pay level, pay structure, and pay delivery systems.Revealing the impact of different compensation policies, this interdisciplinary volume examinesThe relationship between performance-based pay and intrinsic motivation Implications of individual pay differentials for team or unit performance The consequences of pay for performance policies Effect sizes and practical significance of compensation findings Directions for future researchCompensation: Theory, Evidence, and Strategic Implications considers why organizations pay people the way they do and how various pay strategies influence the success of organizations. Critically evaluating areas where research is inconsistent with common beliefs, Gerhart and Rynes explore the motivational effects of compensation.Primarily intended for graduate students in human resource management, psychology, and organizational behavior courses, this book is also an invaluable reference for compensation management consultants and organizational development specialists.