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| Author: | Quaid, M. |
| Title: | Job evaluation as institutional myth |
| Journal: | Journal of Management Studies
1993 : MAR, VOL. 30:2, p. 239-260 |
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| Freeterms: | ARBEITSPLATZBEWERTUNG |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The author argues that the real function of job evaluation technique lies in the area of meaning management. The argument is based on an analysis of the introduction of job evaluation to one of Canada's provincial governments. The set of meanings which evolves from job evaluation is expressed in a belief (ideology), an activity (norms and rituals), language and other symbolic forms through which the members of an organization both create and sustain views and images about the value of one job over another. Job evaluation is a myth because it is a process based on widely held beliefs that cannot be tested objectively. |
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