00974pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001700040245006200057260000900119300001300128362001100141520057800152650002300730650004200753773003300795180718b1993   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKessler, Ian  aPay determination in the British civil service since 1979  c1993  ap.323-40  aAutumn  aThis article traces the development of pay determination in the British civil service over the last decade. It argues that after a period of instability, the pay system established at the end of the 1980s embraced rather than reconciled two competing traditions of pay determination; one based upon the importance of traditional compatibility criteria and the other stressing flexibility to meet managerial needs. As a consequence of the difficulties which emerged under these new arrangements, neither the unions nor the government have fully achieved their pay objectives  aBureaucracy - U.K.  aCivil service - Salaries, etc. - U.K.  aPublic Administration (U.K.)