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Does organizational context matter? An examination of the factors influencing employees’ judgments of minimum wage increases
This article presents novel findings on company factors that determine judgments regarding the fairness of minimum wage increases. Drawing on minimum wage and organizational justice research, we conducted a factorial survey among German employees. It seems that the internal wage structure plays a crucial role because raising only the pay of minimum wage workers and not that of other employees causes a minimum wage increase to be rated as less fair. While a hiring freeze does not negatively influence fairness judgments, layoffs do. Finally, if a minimum wage increase adversely affects a company’s economic situation, respondents assess it as less fair.
Artikel ini menyajikan temuan-temuan baru tentang faktor-faktor perusahaan yang menentukan penilaian kewajaran kenaikan upah minimum. Berdasarkan penelitian tentang upah minimum dan keadilan organisasi, kami melakukan survei faktorial terhadap karyawan Jerman. Tampaknya struktur upah internal memainkan peran krusial karena kenaikan upah minimum saja, dan bukan kenaikan upah karyawan lain, menyebabkan kenaikan upah minimum dinilai kurang adil. Meskipun pembekuan perekrutan tidak berdampak negatif terhadap penilaian kewajaran, PHK justru berdampak negatif. Terakhir, jika kenaikan upah minimum berdampak negatif terhadap situasi ekonomi perusahaan, responden akan menilai kenaikan tersebut kurang adil.
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