Analyses of Publications on Compensation Management From 2004 to 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooja Patnaik ◽  
Damodar Suar

The article conducts a publication analysis of articles on compensation management from 2004 to 2017. After reviewing 9,823 articles, 1,218 articles were identified and placed under 10 topics. Following the product life cycle model, 10 topics were fitted to different patterns. A cubic pattern is found on topics of benefits, compensating special groups, employee contributions, environmental factors, workforce diversity, international compensation and organizational justice. A quadratic pattern is observed on topics of individual factors, strategic compensation and wage administration. The product life cycle analyses reveal that publications on compensation management undergo growth, maturity or decline phases with respect to time. In addition, the publication analyses find that Compensation and Benefits Review is the most preferred outlet for publication of compensation articles. Furthermore, the most referred journals are Industrial and Labor Relations Review and Journal of Human Resources. Of 1,218 articles, 70.85% are multiauthored, 68% apply quantitative approach and 79% are from Euro-American countries.

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-452
Author(s):  
Steven H. Cady ◽  
Jane V. Wheeler ◽  
Anton F. Schlechter ◽  
Suki Goodman

In this article, we draw on the product life cycle framework to propose an adapted model for evaluating the evolution of a theory. The product life cycle was designed as an economic analysis tool, and its intuitive usefulness led to its adaptation for a variety of disciplines. Nevertheless, it has not been applied to theory. We propose a five-stage model of theory development: (1) emergence, (2) development, (3) maturity, and (4) decline toward (5) death or reemergence. The proposed model is then tested by applying it to work motivation theory. We conclude by offering implications and recommendations for using the theory life cycle model in research, teaching, and practice.


1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morris A. Cohen ◽  
Seungjin Whang

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Brett Raymond de Malmanche

<p>This thesis explores the merits of applying a marketing model, the product life-cycle model, to a political party. The product life-cycle model details a product during its introduction, growth, maturity and decline cycles. For this thesis I apply this model to the British Labour Party between 1994 and 2010 under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. The product life-cycle model, adapted to political science from the political marketing literature, shows that a political party does go through an introduction, growth, maturity and decline phase. To avoid moving into the decline phase, a political party must learn how to rejuvenate during the maturity cycle. This thesis concludes that the product life-cycle model does have merits when applied to political parties. In the case of the British Labour Party, it began with a strong market-orientation, but the longer it stayed in power this market-orientation shifted. The New Labour brand and its primary brand agent, Tony Blair, were both strong assets to the party. However, during the lifetime of the product these assets became liabilities. The longer that New Labour stayed in power, the more it shifted away from its relationship with the political market. The product life-cycle model should be tested in other political systems to further strengthen its explanatory power.</p>


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