The Compensation Handbook
by Lance A. Berger, Dorothy R. Berger · Lance A. Berger, Dorothy R. Berger
Edited reference collecting chapters by compensation practitioners on salary structures, job evaluation, incentive and variable pay, executive compensation, and benefits. Readers can look up established approaches to specific pay design problems and compare strategies used across organizations.
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