An Under-Met and Over-Met Expectations Model of Employee Reactions to Merit Raises

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 424-434

  Schaubroeck, John ^a   Shaw, Jason D ^b   Duffy, Michelle K ^b   Mitra, Atul ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

compensation; expectations; job attitudes; merit pay; pay raises

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REWARD; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; REWARD; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 41549150653     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.2.424     Document Type: Article

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