click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Bus 384: Chapter 10
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Job-based pay | evaluate the contributions/value of each job and set a max and min pay for each job independently |
Knowledge-based/skill-based | employees are paid on the basis of the jobs they can do or talents they have that can be successfully applied to a variety of tasks and situations |
the going rate | the midpoint of the wage/salary distribution in the survey |
elitism | different compensation systems are established for employees or groups at different organizational levels |
egalitarianism | pay plan where most employees are part of the same compensation system |
market survey | determine the pay ranges for each grade level |
external equity | the perceived fairness in pay relative to what other employers are paying for the same type of labor |
internal equity | the perceived fairness of the pay structured within a firm |
individual equity | the perceived fairness of individual pay decisions |
base compensation | the fixed pay an employee receives on a regular basis either in the form of a salary or as an hourly wage |
labor market model | a model of pay equity where the wage rate for any given occupation is set at the point where the supply of labor equals the demand for labor in the marketplace |
distributive justice | employees exchange their contributions or input to the firm (skills, effort, time, etc.) for a set of outcomes (pay is one of the most important but also co. car, recognition, etc.) |
Consequences of pay secrecy | 1) greater dissatisfaction because EE tend to overestimate the pay of coworkers and superiors 2) supervisors have to defend their compensation decisions |
job evaluation | the process of evaluating the relative value or contribution of different jobs to an organization |
comparable worth | a pay concept or doctrine that calls for comparable pay for jobs that require comparable skills, effort, and responsibility and have comparable working conditions, even if the job content is different |