Title
Toward performance-based compensation : a study of the gaps between organizational practices and employee preferences with regard to compensation criteria in the state-owned sector in China
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Publication Date
5-1-2011
Volume
22
Issue
9
First Page
1986
Last Page
2010
Publisher
Routledge
Keywords
China, compensation criteria, gaps, state\-owned enterprises
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.
DOI
10.1080/09585192.2011.573974
Print ISSN
09585192
E-ISSN
14664399
Publisher Statement
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wu, P., Chen, T., & Leung, K. (2011). Toward performance-based compensation: A study of the gaps between organizational practices and employee preferences with regard to compensation criteria in the state-owned sector in China. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(9), 1986-2010. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2011.573974
