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PAY PREFERENCES AND JOB SEARCH DECISIONS: A PERSON‐ORGANIZATION FIT PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
CABLE DANIEL M.,
JUDGE TIMOTHY A.
Publication year - 1994
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.1744-6570.1994.tb01727.x
Subject(s) - seekers , attractiveness , psychology , compensation (psychology) , perspective (graphical) , social psychology , job attitude , sample (material) , personality , job performance , affect (linguistics) , job satisfaction , marketing , business , chemistry , chromatography , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , psychoanalysis , law , communication
The present study investigated the degree to which pay preferences influenced job search decisions in both hypothetical and actual organizations, and the degree to which preferences for particular compensation attributes depended on job seekers' dispositional characteristics. Based on prior theory and research, we hypothesized that certain pay systems generally would be preferred by job seekers, that these pay systems would affect applicant attraction to organizations, and that different types of job seekers would be attracted to different types of pay systems. The sample comprised 171 college students who were seeking jobs during the study, and who represented six majors, three degree types, and two degree levels. Experimental policy‐capturing results and results obtained about actual companies with which the job seekers would potentially interview supported hypotheses that organizations perceived to offer high pay levels, flexible benefits, individual‐based pay, and fixed pay policies were more attractive to job seekers. Results further suggested that the attractiveness of these pay policies may be heightened by greater levels of fit between individual personality traits and compensation system characteristics.