Keeping up with the Joneses: A field study of the relationships among upward, lateral, and downward comparisons and pay level satisfaction

• Main Authors: HARRIS, Michael M., ANSEEL, Frederik, LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Pay level satisfaction; social comparisons; polynomial regression analysis; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5643; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6642/viewcontent/paycomparison.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The authors examined the relationship between the direction of pay comparisons and pay level satisfaction. They hypothesized that upward pay comparisons would significantly predict pay level satisfaction, even when controlling for other comparisons. Results reported in 2 samples (U.S. sample, N = 29...