Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Evidence-Based Reward Management -- Introduction -- 1 The concept of evidence-based management -- Introduction -- Evidence-based management defined -- Approaches to evidence-based management -- Evidence-based management and research -- Evidence-based management and benchmarking -- The myth of best practice -- Best fit -- Evaluation of HR management practices -- Evaluation through measurement -- Quantitative evaluation -- Qualitative evaluation -- Chapter summary -- 2 The concept of evidence-based reward management -- Introduction -- The meaning of evidence-based reward management -- The meaning of integrated reward management -- The ethical dimension -- The role of reward strategy -- High-performance working -- Engagement -- Attraction and retention of talent -- Evidence-based reward in practice -- Chapter summary -- 3 The reality of evidence-based reward management -- Introduction -- What is or is not happening? -- Why there is little interest in evidence-based reward management -- Why is evidence-based reward management important? -- What evidence-based reward management aims to achieve -- Chapter summary -- Case study: Kent County Council: effectiveness in building a great place to work -- 4 The impact of evidence-based HR and reward management -- Introduction -- Measuring the impact of human resource management -- Measuring the impact of reward -- Chapter summary -- Case study: McDonald's Restaurants: aligning reward strategy to business objectives through employee engagement -- 5 The process of evidence-based reward management -- Introduction -- The context: reward practices under scrutiny -- The challenges: the questions to answer -- Assessing reward effectiveness -- The components of evidence-based reward management -- Defining reward goals and success criteria.

Setting success criteria and moving on to assess them -- Chapter summary -- Case study: an analytical but values-driven approach to managing reward and incentive arrangements at Standard Chartered Bank -- 6 Reviewing reward -- Introduction -- The process of reward review -- Approaches to reward review -- Components of a reward review -- Internal research -- External research -- Chapter summary -- Case study: DSG International plc: reward effectiveness in driving a business turnaround -- 7 Measuring and evaluating reward -- Introduction -- Measuring reward -- Evaluating reward -- Chapter summary -- Case study: evidence-based recruitment and reward at the NSPCC Overview and background -- 8 Developing and implementing reward -- Introduction -- Analysing findings and agreeing improvements -- Developing new and improved rewards -- Developing with implementation in mind -- Implementing, operating and reviewing more effective rewards -- Chapter summary -- Case study: KPMG: delivering effectiveness through performance-related and total rewards -- 9 Conclusions on evidence-based reward management -- Introduction -- The six components of evidence-based reward -- Criteria for assessing reward practices -- Views of practitioners -- A final word -- Index.