Disadvantaged but not dissatisfied: How agency ameliorates negative reactions to unequal pay

Shoham Choshen-Hillel, Alex Shaw, Eugene M. Caruso

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Abstract

Managers waste resources that cannot be allocated equally between workers. We explore a procedure designed to reduce such waste by empowering workers with the agency to decide on pay. We find that a sense of agency reduces workers’ dissatisfaction with others’ better outcomes.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
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StatePublished - 2018
Event78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2018 - Chicago, United States
Duration: 10 Aug 201814 Aug 2018

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