Who should we pay more? Exploring the influence of pay for elected officials and bureaucrats on organizational performance in South African local government

dc.contributor.authorFernandez, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorMadumo, Onkgopotse Senatla
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-19T09:20:27Z
dc.date.available2023-01-19T09:20:27Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : Authors’ data file is not shared, but all sources of data are publicly available and data can be obtained electronically from sources identified in the study's methodology section.en_US
dc.description.abstractDespite the recurrent focus on pay as an incentive and the myriad reforms of public sector compensation, researchers have generated surprisingly little evidence of the link between pay level and organizational performance. We propose a theoretical model of how pay leads to improvements in organizational performance by enhancing recruitment, motivation, and retention. Given scarce resources and constraints on the ability to financially reward public officials, we engage the top-down, bottom-up debate in policy implementation to theorize about whether pay for elected officials or bureaucrats matters more for performance. Our analysis of panel data from South African municipalities reveals increasing pay for bureaucrats—but not for elected officials—can improve delivery of labor-intensive public services. However, the results also suggest higher pay may embolden bureaucrats to break rules regarding public spending, thereby weakening accountability.en_US
dc.description.departmentSchool of Public Management and Administration (SPMA)en_US
dc.description.librarianhj2023en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding was provided by the authors' academic institutions.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/padmen_US
dc.identifier.citationFernandez, S., & Madumo, O. (2024). Who should we pay more? Exploring the influence of pay for elected officials and bureaucrats on organizational performance in South African local government. Public Administration, 102(1): 147-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12911.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0033-3298 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1467-9299 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/padm.12911
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88893
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2022 The Authors. Public Administration published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License.en_US
dc.subjectPayen_US
dc.subjectPublic sector compensationen_US
dc.subjectOrganizational performanceen_US
dc.subjectElected officialsen_US
dc.subjectBureaucratsen_US
dc.subjectSouth African local governmenten_US
dc.titleWho should we pay more? Exploring the influence of pay for elected officials and bureaucrats on organizational performance in South African local governmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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