TY - BOOK AU - Gerhart,Barry A. AU - Newman,Jerry M. AU - Milkovich,George T. TI - Compensation: Barry Gerhart SN - 9781265078423 U1 - 658.322 G373 2023 PB - McGrawHill LLC, New York, 2023 KW - L�neadministration KW - sao KW - Compensation management N2 - "You can't read a news article or blog today without someone talking about compensation (wages/salaries, but also benefits like health care and retirement). Compensation is uniquely important in organizations because it typically represents the single largest operating cost, especially where employee skills or human capital are the source of competitive advantage (e.g., Google/Alphabet, Facebook; investment banking, law, accounting, and consulting firms; professional sports teams; universities). Compensation is also important because employees regularly report it as the most important factor that goes into their decision of whether to take a job or stay in a job"-- ER -