Pay Me More: What Companies Need to Know About Employee Pay Satisfaction

Compensation and Benefits Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Nelson, Millicent F ^a   Stone, Thomas H ^b   Frye, Crissie M ^c   Chown, David W ^d  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oklahoma State University ^*  (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

pay equity; pay satisfaction; PSQ; turnover; union satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749119595     PISSN: 08863687     EISSN: 15523837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886368708314075     Document Type: Article

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