Pay increase satisfaction : a reconceptualization of pay raise satisfaction based on changes in work and pay practices
- 2002
A new perspective on pay raise satisfaction, termed pay increase satisfaction, is conceptualized and used to guide the development of measures to supplements the widely used Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) [Int J Psychol 20 (1985) 129]. The need for this new conceptualization lies in the nature of contemporacy work and pay systems, particularly to those organizations adopting new strategic pay practices. Six dimensions of pay increase requirements, pay increase personal control, and pay increase rules. These dimensions are necessary to capture elements of the pay satisfaction domain not currently being captured by the PSQ. Implications for future research are discussed