A study of the relationships between compensation package, work motivation and job satisfaction

摘要: This study applied the theoretical framework based on expectancy and discrepancy theories to examine how elements of total compensation might influence work motivation job satisfaction. The principal dimensions that give rise distinct reactions among employees were examined. Two samples employees, 269 exempt 297 nonexempt studied separately in order identify differences reaction between these two groups. relationships compensation, satisfaction analysed by a structural equations model with LISREL VII. Proposals developed predict conditions efficiency cultural context employment France. three conclusions were: (1) under certain conditions, individualized can be factor motivation; (2) flexible pay neither motivates nor increases satisfaction; (3) benefits motivate increase Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.