Social comparisons of wage increases and job satisfaction
"We combine status quo and social comparison considerations and investigate whether relative wage increases in the sense of differences between individual wage increases and wage increases of comparable employees are related to managers' job satisfaction. Using a panel data set of managers...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Language: | English |
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Bonn
2016
IZA |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19102045124919202279-Social-comparisons-of-wage-inc.htm |
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| author | Grund, Christian Rubin, Maike |
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| description | "We combine status quo and social comparison considerations and investigate whether relative wage increases in the sense of differences between individual wage increases and wage increases of comparable employees are related to managers' job satisfaction. Using a panel data set of managers in the German chemical industry, we indeed find first evidence. The relation between relative wage increases and job satisfaction is relevant for managers with lower absolute wage levels in particular." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | Germany |
| id | 19102045124919202279_15736c01da604f0a81fd9b923e2fbda3 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19102045124919202279_15736c01da604f0a81fd9b923e2fbda3 |
| is_hierarchy_title | Social comparisons of wage increases and job satisfaction |
| language | English |
| physical | 15 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2016 |
| publisher | Bonn IZA |
| spellingShingle | Grund, Christian Rubin, Maike chemical industry job satisfaction wages Social comparisons of wage increases and job satisfaction |
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| title | Social comparisons of wage increases and job satisfaction |
| topic | chemical industry job satisfaction wages |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19102045124919202279-Social-comparisons-of-wage-inc.htm |