It is important that managers make well-informed, evidence-based decisions about employee compensation and benefits. As a field, evidence-based management recognizes four primary sources of sound evidence: scientific research, personal expertise, specific organizational data, and stakeholder perceptions. This article walks the reader through each so that compensation and benefits practitioners may make better informed, evidence-based compensation and benefits decisions.
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