This study investigated the nature and impact of role-related interests on an attempt at organizational change in the school context. The change effort was an attempt to impose new teacher evaluation procedures in three elementary schools during the conduct of a pilot project. These schools implemented teacher evaluation procedures that were designed as a component of a teacher incentive program. A conceptual model guided this research. The expectation was that role-related interests would have a direct effect on the various actors' perceptions of the teacher evaluation plan. The model presented other factors that would tend to intervene between the actor's role-related interests and perceptions of the plan. These potential intervening variables were defined as: (1) experiences during the pilot, (2) interpersonal relations, and (3) assignment of ratings. The research questions for this study were defined as follows: 1. What are the role-related interests of the key actors at the school building level in the implementation of the pilot plan? 2. How are these interests related to perceptions of the plan? 3. How are perceptions of the plan influenced by experiences that occur during the pilot program? 4. How are perceptions of the plan influenced by interpersonal relations existing between key actors and significant others during the pilot program? 5. How are perceptions of the plan influenced by the actual process of assigning ratings to teachers? A multiple-case design and multiple data gathering methods were employed in addressing the problem from an organizational perspective. Collection of data was begun in the fall of 1984 and completed in the spring of 1985, spanning the duration of the pilot project, which was one school year. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and document analysis. Role-related interests were found to be related to overall initial perceptions of the plan. Those who perceived positive impacts on their own satisfactions and needs were more likely to be positively disposed toward the plan in general and more likely to feel that the plan would achieve its intended goals. The relationship between role-related interests and plan perceptions was influenced by experiences during the pilot and interpersonal relations. A change in perceptions of the plan over time was found to be related to the process of assigning ratings to teachers and to the leadership of the principal. / Ed. D.

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The historical development of the role of directors in public listed companies contains inherent tensions by reference to the fiduciary responsibility of directors and the method in which directors are remunerated. The nature of incentive based remuneration is such that it will compel directors, in certain circumstances, to weigh their interests against those towards whom they owe a duty of care and a moral responsibility to act with prudence and temperance. The modem day corporate environment is complex and calls for directors with strong ethical views. This assignment endeavours to identify some of the complexities that contribute towards directors finding it difficult to stay on the ethical "straight and narrow" and attempts to weigh the effect of those factors against the effect of incentive remuneration, both as detractors from ethical behaviour. Both the shareholder supremacy business model and the stakeholder approach are analysed to identify those factors present in each that may add to the ethical complexity that directors have to deal with. The advent of the stakeholder approach in particular, adds an enormous amount of complexity. The case studies deal with two South African financial services companies that have both ceased trading as a consequence of unethical behaviour. The incentive remuneration models of both companies have been found to have played a major contributing role in the decision making processes in the companies, and have contributed to the demise of these organisations. Lessons are taken from the case studies and applied against the backdrop of the various principles of ethical behaviour namely rights, utility, justice and the ethics of responsibility. The finding of this study is that there is a role for incentive remuneration of directors, provided that the ethical pitfalls that this causes are recognised and steps taken to address them. Some of these steps are identified. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die historiese ontwikkeling van die direkteursrol, en spesifiek van openbare genoteerde maatskappye bevat inherente teenstrydighede met verwysmg na direkteursvergoeding en die vertrouensverpligtinge wat op direkteure rus. Die aard van direkteursvergoeding met 'n aansporingskomponent is so dat dit 'n direkteur van tyd tot tyd in 'n posisie plaas waar hy tussen sy eie belange en die van die ander belanghebbendes in 'n maatskappy, aan wie hy dit verskuldig is om met verdrag en versigtig op te tree, moet kies. Die hedendaagse maatskappyomgewing is kompleks van aard, en vereis direkteure met sterk etiese oortuigings. Hierdie werkstuk poog om sommige van die komplekse faktore wat afbreuk doen aan 'n direkteur se vermoe om ten alle tye streng eties op te tree, te identifiseer en op te weeg teen die effek wat direkteursvergoeding speel - beide as items wat afbreuk doen aan etiese optrede. Hier word ondersoek ingestel na beide die sogenaamde "aandeelhouersmodel" asook die" belanghebbende" model waarvolgens besigheid bedryf word. Die ontsluimering van die belanghebbende model veroorsaak spesifiek 'n aansienlike hoeveelheid etiese kompleksiteit. Die gevallestudies behandel twee Suid Afrikaanse fmansiele instellings wat hul bedrywighede gestaak het as gevolg van onetiese optrede deur direkteure. Die aansporingskomponent van die vergoedingsrnodelle in daardie maatskappye blyk 'n groot bydraende faktor te wees in die onetiese besluitneming wat plaasgevind het, en wat uiteindelik tot die ondergang van die ondernemings gelei het. Laastens, word die lesse wat geleer is uit die gevallestudies, toegepas in gewysigde format, en getoets aan die hand van die verskillende beginsels wat etiese besluitneming onderhou, naamlik die beginsels van regte, regverdigheid, utiliteit en die beginsel van etiese verantwoordelikheid. Daar word tot die slotsom gekom dat daar wel ruimte vir aansporingskemas vir direkteure is, maar dat dit slegs eties regverdigbaar sal wees mits ag geslaan word op die lesse wat uit die gevallestudie voortspruit, tesame met die impementering van sekere korrektiewe maatstawwe.

This study examined the effect of a score card¬-based performance pay plan in a professional services firm. The plan was implemented in response to a decreasing trend in productivity and a desire for a formal incentive compensation plan. Performance of manager and senior manager accountants were analyzed across two departments over a five year period. A definitive account of the effects of the intervention is limited by the case-¬study design, but the data does suggest that the performance pay plans used did not adversely affect performances. Design limitations of the plan and future research are also discussed.

The problem of this study was to determine the perceived impact of the Texas Career Ladder Plan upon the motivational levels of teachers. The purposes were to determine: the impact of the Texas Career Ladder Plan as an incentive for improved job performance; the strengths and weaknesses of the current Texas Career Ladder Plan; the types of incentives that teachers believe would motivate them to perform better; and the suggestions that teachers have to modify the current Texas Career Ladder Plan. An opinionnaire was developed to obtain data pertinent to the perceived impact of the Texas Career Ladder Plan in providing incentives for improved job performance. A random sample of 500 elementary school teachers and 500 secondary school teachers was selected from the personnel rosters of the participating schools. Data from 92 percent of the subjects sampled was achieved. A descriptive analysis was used to interpret data collected in this study. The findings indicated that the Texas Career Ladder Plan has had no impact or a perceived negative impact upon the motivational levels of teachers as indicated by 14 of the opinionnaire items surveyed. There was a perceived positive impact upon the motivational levels of teachers as indicated by eight of the opinionnaire items surveyed. The most frequent suggestion as an incentive to motivate teachers was monetary and the most frequent suggestion to improve the Texas Career Ladder Plan was to improve the teacher appraisal system. It is suggested that further research be done to determine the perceived impact of the Texas Career Ladder Plan upon the motivational levels of all teachers in the state of Texas and the characteristics of the teachers that were perceived to be positively impacted.

Submitted by Elba Lopes (elba.lopes@fecap.br) on 2015-12-21T14:12:16Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Ana_Cristina_Russo_Nascimento.pdf: 9067895 bytes, checksum: f5d0854e1572e991b963b73b2414e563 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-21T14:12:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Ana_Cristina_Russo_Nascimento.pdf: 9067895 bytes, checksum: f5d0854e1572e991b963b73b2414e563 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-04 / It has been a challenge for companies and scholars the issue of alignment of interest between owners and executives, called agency problems. Among its various views and administrative tools, created with the purpose of mitigating these problems the salary of the executive which can be a tool of encouragement when it is compensated in a variable way linked to purposes which set challenges to add value to the companies and thus a higher return to stockholders. There are claims in this context that the remuneration models which determine long-term goals are more appropriate, once they enable measure tangible results for organizations. Thereforeaim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the presence of variable remuneration linked to long-term goals and business performance as well as the behavior of that financial performance by business sector. One hundred fifty-fivepublicly traded companies were analyzed in 2010, which information has been extracted from References Forms (FR). The indicators used were Enterprise Value, EBITDA and Total Return to Shareholders (TRS), constructed with data provided by the Econom??tica System, for the period from 2010 to 2013. The significance of variables was tested using the method of Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), and the figure which was carried out showed statistical significance the impact on the type of remuneration on the financial performance of the sample only for the indicator Enterprise Value, the results suggested that the long-term goal linked to the remuneration can positively influence the company's performance. / A quest??o do alinhamento de interesse entre acionistas e executivos, denominada problemas do agente-principal, tem sido um desafio para empresas e estudiosos. Dentre seus diversos aspectos e ferramentas administrativas, criados com o prop??sito de mitigar esses problemas, est?? a remunera????o do executivo que pode ser instrumento de incentivo, quando paga de modo vari??vel atrelada a finalidades que estabele??am desafios para agregar valor ??s empresas e, assim, maior retorno aos acionistas. Nesse contexto, h?? afirma????es de que os modelos de remunera????o que determinam metas de longo prazo s??o mais adequados, uma vez que possibilitam aferir resultados concretos para as organiza????es. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo ?? verificar a rela????o entre a presen??a de remunera????o vari??vel atrelada a metas de longo prazo e o desempenho empresarial, bem como o comportamento do referido desempenho financeiro por setor de atividade. Foram analisadas 155 empresas de capital aberto no ano de 2010, cujas informa????es foram extra??das dos Formul??rios de Refer??ncias (FR). Os indicadores empregados foram Valor da Empresa, LAJIDA e Retorno Total ao Acionista (RTA), constru??dos com dados fornecidos pelo sistema Econom??tica, para o per??odo de 2010 a 2013. A signific??ncia das vari??veis foi testada recorrendo ao m??todo dos M??nimos Quadrados Ordin??rios (MQO), e as estimativas realizadas mostraram signific??ncia estat??stica do impacto do tipo de remunera????o sobre o desempenho financeiro da amostra apenas para o indicador Valor da Empresa, cujos resultados sugeriram que o objetivo de longo prazo vinculado ?? remunera????o pode influenciar positivamente o desempenho da empresa.

利用“甘肃基础教育调查(The Gansu Survey of Children and Families, 2007)提供的数据，以特征工资理论(Hedonic Wage Theory)为基础，本研究建构了一个从个人特征和岗位特征两方面解读甘肃农村公办教师工资差异形成机制和潜在后果的解释框架。 / 本研究利用科学抽样的微观数据，以特征工资理论的投资假说和消费假说为基础，探讨甘肃农村教师收入差异的前因后果。运用多层线性技术对“特征的逐层分解凸显了环境结构变量对教师工资的层次性影响。研究的主要内容如下：(1)教师个人特征和教职岗位特征在工资及差异结构中的影响性质和强度；(2)工资和包括工作条件及生活环境在内的教职岗位特征在教师职业效用中的替代性及其办学成本意义；(3)地区政策与教师工资差异格局及其教育财政涵义。 / 通过对甘肃这个边远贫穷地区农村教师工资进行微观计量分析，本研究得出如下主要结论： / 教师个人特征和教职岗位特征均是工资差异来源的主成因素。个人特征和岗位特征在收入差异形成过程中分别对应特征工资理论之投资性收益和消费性补偿。一方面，个人素质越高，收入越高；另一方面，与优越的岗位环境相联系的是更低的工资收入。换言之，艰苦的条件对应补偿性工资差异。 / 工资与教职岗位环境特征在教师职业效用偏好结构中具有替代性。岗位环境与工资的替代率介于-0.03和0.05间。负值代表教师愿意接受较低的工资以换取更优越的工作环境和社区设施，即为在某优越的县(区)工作而承受的工资损失。因此，教学条件和生活环境更艰苦的边穷地区需提供等效用的经济补偿才能保证师资质量。 / 出于经济补偿的考虑，扶贫政策比边远艰苦地区津补贴方案更有效地鉴别了岗位环境的恶劣程度。贫困地区的教学条件和生活环境更艰苦，由此带来的心理负效用反映在消费性补偿中。与“贫困相联系的不良岗位属性产生的负效用折合成工资约15%。 / 结合教师偏好和地区政策，更边远艰苦或贫困地区可以通过教师工资成本指数的形式，将额外聘用成本加权到教育财政预算中，以实现均衡发展和社会公平。国贫县聘用一名同等质量的普通合格教师，边际成本高于平均水平10%。但办学成本与边远艰苦等级的关系没有固定规律：更边远的三类地区招聘一名教师的成本只相当于平均水平的74%；而二类地区则需多花3.6-11.8%的附加成本。 / 本研究的政策启示包括： / 第一，边远艰苦地区政策和扶贫政策的针对性不同。虽然边远艰苦地区津补贴政策所鉴定的县(区)地理属性可能具有重要的公共财政意义，但扶贫政策有更明显的区分度，可提供更清晰的教育财政政策启示。 / 第二，将原始资源禀赋等外部不可控因素造成的额外人员开支纳入财政方案中，并以教师工资成本指数的形式提升其预算等级，是保障各地师资配置从而实现教育均衡和机会均等的公平而有效方法。 / Based on the Gansu Survey of Children and Families(GSCF, 2007), this thesis investigates the hierarchical effects of teacher personal characteristics and teaching job attributes as determinants of wages and sources of variations from the perspective of Hedonic Wage Theory. / Based on the Hedonic Wage Theory, this study has made use of a scientific sampled micro data set to analyze teacher wage disparities in rural Gansu, which is a typical less-developed northwestern remote province in Mainland China. Hierarchical Linear Modeling(HLM) is employed to study the regional effects. Major foci of this thesis consist of: (1)The nature and strength of economic values of teacher personal characteristics and teaching job attributes. (2)The substitution between pecuniary rewards from wages and non-pecuniary benefit derived from working conditions and living amenities, and its implications for teacher personnel costs. (3)How regional policies are related to teacher wage variations and what can government do to narrow the consequential gap in education service. / The conclusions of the study include: / Both teacher personal characteristics and teaching job attributes are major determining factors of wages. Human capital components proxying higher teacher quality are positively compensated, while better daily working and living conditions are paid in the form of lower wages. In other words, hardships are associated with compensating wage differentials. / Working conditions in schools and living conditions in community where the teaching position is located are substitutable with wages. The substitution between wages and job conditions varies from -0.03 to 0.05. Negative values mean that teachers are willing to accept lower wages to work in a better-off county. It costs more for hard-to-staff regions to recruit a comparable teacher. / In consideration of wage compensations, the “Helping the Poor policy can give a better indication than the “Subsidy to Remote and Difficult Districts Scheme. Dis-utilities from uncomfortable working and living environment in poor counties cost 15% extra wage expenditures. / Accounting for teacher utility preference, disadvantageous counties classified by economic-geographic features should be financially aided based on teacher cost index(TCI) to recruit and retain quality teachers. Simulation implies that counties labeled as “poor should be provided 10% more marginal personnel budget in order to hire an average teacher who meets the basic education requirements. However, fiscal assistances based on degree of remoteness do not show consistent patterns. The most remote counties can hire a comparable teacher at a cost of only 74% of the average, while those second most remote ones pay 3.6-11.8% more. / There are two major policy implications from the results of the study: / (1)The “Subsidy to Remote and Difficult Districts Scheme and the “Helping the Poor policy have different focuses. Though the former scheme may have public-goods considerations, the latter can give a clear and differentiative policy implication for education finance. / (2)It would be an equitable and efficient way to incorporate uncontrollable external factors into a teacher wage index(TCI), and to use it to adjust education financial strategies to these difficult areas. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 馬紅梅. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-173) / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Ma Hongmei. / Chapter 第一章 --- 研究问题与背景 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一节 --- 问题陈述 --- p.1 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究问题 --- p.1 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究目的 --- p.3 / Chapter 三、 --- 研究意义 --- p.5 / Chapter 第二节 --- 研究背景 --- p.7 / Chapter 一、 --- 现实背景 --- p.7 / Chapter 二、 --- 政策背景 --- p.12 / Chapter 第三节 --- 论文结构 --- p.25 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文献综述 --- p.27 / Chapter 第一节 --- 特征工资理论的内容概要 --- p.27 / Chapter 一、 --- 特征二因素主张 --- p.28 / Chapter 二、 --- 特征的双重补偿 --- p.29 / Chapter 三、 --- 职业效用最大化 --- p.32 / Chapter 第二节 --- 特征工资理论之消费假说 --- p.33 / Chapter 一、 --- 消费性补偿的工资理论 --- p.33 / Chapter 二、 --- 消费性补偿经济学分析 --- p.34 / Chapter 三、 --- 消费性补偿的现实意义 --- p.39 / Chapter 第三节 --- 教师工资特征性补偿综述 --- p.44 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究概况 --- p.44 / Chapter 二、 --- 教师特征 --- p.47 / Chapter 三、 --- 教职特征 --- p.48 / Chapter 第四节 --- 教师工资分解的研究启示 --- p.50 / Chapter 一、 --- 国外文献 --- p.51 / Chapter 二、 --- 国内文献 --- p.52 / Chapter 第三章 --- 研究设计 --- p.56 / Chapter 第一节 --- 研究方法 --- p.56 / Chapter 第二节 --- 数据描述 --- p.60 / Chapter 一、 --- 数据来源 --- p.60 / Chapter 二、 --- 样本信息 --- p.61 / Chapter 第三节 --- 变量界定与分布 --- p.64 / Chapter 一、 --- 因变量：教师月工资 --- p.65 / Chapter 二、 --- 自变量：个人特征和岗位特征 --- p.68 / Chapter 第四节 --- 研究架构 --- p.85 / Chapter 一、 --- 分析结构 --- p.85 / Chapter 二、 --- 模型界定 --- p.86 / Chapter 第四章 --- 教师工资差异的形成机制 --- p.89 / Chapter 第一节 --- 教师工资的影响因素 --- p.89 / Chapter 一、 --- 教师个人特征：主导因素 --- p.89 / Chapter 二、 --- 教职岗位特征：关键因素 --- p.90 / Chapter 三、 --- 小结：决定教师工资的双重特征 --- p.91 / Chapter 第二节 --- 基于教师个人特征的投资性收益 --- p.92 / Chapter 一、 --- 解释变量：人力资本特征 --- p.92 / Chapter 二、 --- 控制变量：个人背景特征 --- p.97 / Chapter 三、 --- 小结：教师个人特征对工资的影响 --- p.103 / Chapter 第三节 --- 基于教职岗位特征的消费性补偿 --- p.104 / Chapter 一、 --- 学校实时工作环境 --- p.104 / Chapter 二、 --- 县(区)社区人居环境 --- p.111 / Chapter 三、 --- 小结：教职岗位特征对工资的影响 --- p.117 / Chapter 第四节 --- 本章小结 --- p.119 / Chapter 第五章 --- 国家政策对教师工资的影响 --- p.125 / Chapter 第一节 --- 地区政策与教师工资 --- p.125 / Chapter 一、 --- 边远艰苦地区政策与教师工资 --- p.125 / Chapter 二、 --- 国家扶贫政策与教师工资 --- p.131 / Chapter 三、 --- 小结：边穷地区政策与教师工资 --- p.134 / Chapter 第二节 --- 地区政策的教育成本意义 --- p.136 / Chapter 一、 --- 教师人员成本指数的建构 --- p.136 / Chapter 二、 --- 边穷属性的成本指数 --- p.138 / Chapter 三、 --- 小结：边穷地区政策的教育成本意义 --- p.143 / Chapter 第三节 --- 本章小结 --- p.145 / Chapter 第六章 --- 结语 --- p.148 / Chapter 第一节 --- 主要实证结果 --- p.148 / Chapter 一、 --- 教师工资差异的影响因素：个人特征与岗位特征 --- p.148 / Chapter 二、 --- 教师工资差异的形成机制：特征性双重补偿 --- p.149 / Chapter 三、 --- 边穷地区政策与教师工资的关系：消费性补偿 --- p.151 / Chapter 四、 --- 地区政策的教育财政意义：教师工资成本指数化 --- p.152 / Chapter 第二节 --- 政策启示 --- p.153 / Chapter 一、 --- 教育财政意义 --- p.153 / Chapter 二、 --- 完善地区政策 --- p.154 / Chapter 第三节 --- 研究总结 --- p.155 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究贡献 --- p.155 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究不足 --- p.157 / Chapter 三、 --- 研究展望 --- p.158 / 参考文献 --- p.160 / 附录 --- p.160

Includes bibliographical references. Electronic publication: Full text available in PDF format; abstract in HTML format. Private practice as a career option for nurses has been slowly increasing since the 1980's. However, the reasons for this development have not been fully investigated so that it can be understood and placed within the changing contexts of health care and health services. The expansion and extension of nurses' roles is a contemporary topic in health care reform and therefore one that deserves investigation. The aims of this study were to develop a theory on private practice nursing and to describe the characteristics and work of the self-employed nurse in Australia. Electronic reproduction.[Australia] :Australian Digital Theses Program,2001.xvii, 350 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

"March 2003." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 340-350). Aims to develop a theory on private practice nursing and to describe the characteristics and work of the self-employed nurse in Australia. Enables nurses to provide direct information on being self-employed and enhances the profession's ability to articulate about this area of nursing. Results suggest that private practice nursing can contribute effectively to broadening the range of primary health services available to the population and to addressing the issues of retention and recruitment of nurses. Self-employed nurse entrepreneurs push the boundaries of the profession and expand the realm of nursing practice.

Private practice as a career option for nurses has been slowly increasing since the 1980's. However, the reasons for this development have not been fully investigated so that it can be understood and placed within the changing contexts of health care and health services. The expansion and extension of nurses' roles is a contemporary topic in health care reform and therefore one that deserves investigation. The aims of this study were to develop a theory on private practice nursing and to describe the characteristics and work of the self-employed nurse in Australia. Nurses working in a variety of settings have been able to provide information on being self-employed. In doing so, this study was able to describe the persona of the nurse entrepreneur, explore the reasons why nurses and midwives in Australia establish private fee-for-service practices, identify the factors which have influenced this action and describe the scope of practice of nurses and midwives in private practice. This combined Delphi technique and Grounded Theory study is the first in-depth study of Australian nurses and midwives in private practice. The study enables nurses to provide direct information on being self-employed and enhances the profession's ability to articulate about this area of nursing. The significance of the research is in increasing the understanding of this area of practice development and affords greater insight into its efforts to improve and maintain quality nursing services within the Australian health care system. One hundred and six nurses and midwives were invited to participate in the study, in which participants completed two rounds of semi-structured postal questionnaires. Delphi technique was applied to rate responses on Likert scales to ascertain respondents' consensus on certain topics. Participants were also provided the opportunity to make additional comments. Results indicated that nurses in private practice are well experienced with an average of 21 years nursing experience and hold several qualifications. Job satisfaction, being able to be more involved in achieving quality health outcomes and maximising skills and abilities are significant influences for private practice. These results suggest that private practice nursing can contribute effectively to broadening the range of primary health services available to the population and to addressing the issues of retention and recruitment of nurses. Self-employed nurse entrepreneurs push the boundaries of the profession and expand the realm of nursing practice. Entrepreneurship is a path for the future of nursing as it offers expanded career opportunities for nurses and opportunities for increased ambulatory health services. In addition, the broad, expert knowledge nurses hold on many aspects of health can be disseminated throughout the health sector to the advantage of corporate health partners. There is further development required in this innovative and expanding area of the nursing profession. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Department of Clinical Nursing, 2003.

Professional research project (Au.D.)--University of South Florida, 2001. / Title from PDF of title page. / Document formatted into pages; contains 29 pages. / Includes bibliographical references. / Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. / ABSTRACT: The primary objective of the project was to survey audiologists in clinical practice setting to determine the amount of time taken to perform various audiologic tests using Current Procedural Terminology, (CPT) codes to define these tests and if these CPT codes were felt to be adequate. Audiologists were also asked to respond regarding possible impact and reimbursement changes in their clinical practices related to managed care. Responses of audiologists were analyzed to determine: a) adequacy of CPT codes; b)average time to perform various audiologic tests; c) impact managed care onclinical practice; and d) changes in reimbursement as a result of managed care. / The survey was designed to determine the type of work setting, typical job duty, average monthly caseload and hours per day spent on patient care for each respondent. The survey with a cover letter explaining the purpose was mailed to 93 audiologists in clinical setting in the state of Florida. Five were returned undeliverable, and 39 of the remaining 88 were returned either completed or partially completed. The survey results revealed over 71% of the audiologists felt the current CPT codes were adequate. Time spent performing traditional audiologic tests, such as comprehensive audiometric evaluations and impedance testing, was fairly consistent. / Greater time variability occurred in tests used to determine vestibular function. Over three-quarters of the respondents believed managed care has had a negative impact on their clinical practices, while 11% believe they have been positively impacted. Approximately 82% of the audiologists have had reductions in reimbursement as a result of managed care, while 10% have seen no change and 5% have enjoyed slightly greater reimbursement. / System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.