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SUPERVISORY AND EMPLOYEE CHARACTERISTICS AS CORRELATES OF EMPLOYEE SALARY INCREASES
Author(s) -
HENEMAN ROBERT L.,
COHEN DEBRA J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1988.tb02389.x
Subject(s) - salary , psychology , supervisor , audit , merit pay , context (archaeology) , variance (accounting) , employee engagement , employee retention , social psychology , business , accounting , management , marketing , incentive , economics , microeconomics , paleontology , biology , market economy
Previous research on merit pay has focused on the context in which merit decisions take place and on characteristics of the employee. In the present study it was hypothesized that not only do employee characteristics influence merit increases, but so do characteristics of the employee's supervisor. The results from 175 employees in a midwestern manufacturing plant showed that 11% and 24% of the variance in employee salary increases were attributable to supervisory and employee characteristics, respectively. These results suggest that supervisory characteristics should be included in future research involving correlates of employee salary increases and by organizations when auditing the administration of merit pay plans.