Correlates of employee evaluations of pay increases

In a sample of 1500 white-collar, industrial employees, average perceptions of small, average, or large increases in salary formed a relatively constant function of level of current salary. The analogy to the psychophysical Weber/Fechner model, while explaining much of the variance in perceptions of...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1969-12, Vol.53 (6), p.481-489
Main Author: Hinrichs, J. R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Business and Industrial Personnel
Commerce
Economics
Evaluation
Female
Human
Human Sex Differences
Humans
Male
Money
Occupations
Perception
Set (Psychology)
Social Class
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Summary:In a sample of 1500 white-collar, industrial employees, average perceptions of small, average, or large increases in salary formed a relatively constant function of level of current salary. The analogy to the psychophysical Weber/Fechner model, while explaining much of the variance in perceptions of salary increases was not complete. Additional variability was related to a series of demographic variables, with higher dollar expectations registered by college-educated vs. noncollege, younger vs. older, exempt vs. nonexempt, and among nonexempt, male vs. female employees. Results suggest that probable earnings potential, in addition to current earnings level, contributes variance to differences in perceptions of equitable salary increases.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/h0028655