01400pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002100040245011700061260000900178300001400187362000800201520086500209650003501074650002401109650002701133650001801160773005201178180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aForest, Virginie  aPerformance-related pay and work motivation: theoretical and empirical perspectives for the French civil service  c2008  ap.325-39.  aJun  aa time when the civil services of most OECD countries have embarked on a process of modernization of their practices, we are questioning the relevance of introducing performance-related pay systems, particularly in view of the, more often than not, negative effects on the work motivation of civil servants. The French civil service has recently decided to pay a part of its public officials on the basis of their performance, and we show how these individualized remuneration practices can, in the long term, undermine the public service motivations that drive some civil servants. Our reasoning is supported by the empirical results of studies conducted in the United States, in England and also in France, as well as  on the developments of intrinsic motivation theories, combined with the developments of the public service motivation theory. - Reproduced.  aPerformance appraisal - France  aMotivation - France  aCivil service - France  aCivil service  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences