Abstract
This study seeks to explore the gaps between employees' preferences of compensation criteria and compensation criteria adopted in the state-owned sector in China. A survey among 772 employees from a large state-owned enterprise shows that employee preferences were at variance with organizational practices in that employees emphasized performance-oriented (i.e. task- relevant and collaboration-relevant) criteria more, and personal background criteria less, than did organizational practices. These gaps were moderated by employees' education level and tenure. Employees with higher education and shorter tenure showed larger gaps between preferred criteria and those used in the organization. Interviews of employees further substantiated the quantitative findings and provided some reasons for the existence of the gaps. Theoretical and practical of the results are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1986-2010 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | International Journal of Human Resource Management |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This research was supported by a grant from the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Foundation of Ministry of Education, PRC (08JA630090) to Peiguan Wu.
Keywords
- China
- compensation criteria
- gaps
- state\-owned enterprises