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008			180718b1993 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aKessler, Ian
245			_aPay determination in the British civil service since 1979
260			_c1993
300			_ap.323-40
362			_aAutumn
520			_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
650			_aBureaucracy - U.K.
650			_aCivil service - Salaries, etc. - U.K.
773			_aPublic Administration (U.K.)
909			_a26420
999			_c26420 _d26420