The Mpact of Wage Comparsons on Motvaton and Effort Choces

Effort cho?ces of employees are d?rectly connected to a company?s product?v?ty level and ?ts prof?t. By address?ng the ?ssue of wage compar?son ?mpact on effort cho?ces and mot?vat?on, more ?ns?ght can be ga?ned about the factors that ?nfluence employees? dec?s?ons ?n general - what dr?ves workers to exert more effort or causes absentee?sm at work. Prev?ous research showed that advantageous (compar?son to those pa?d less) and d?sadvantageous (compar?son to those pa?d more) wage compar?sons have d?fferent ?mpact on mot?vat?on and effort cho?ces of employees. The exact way ?n wh?ch these two types of compar?sons d?ffer ?n the?r ?mpact ? ?s the ma?n quest?on of th?s work. Add?t?onally, a reader will find a set of factors med?ating the relat?onsh?p between wage compar?son and effort cho?ces, and some interesting facts addressing gender and nat?onal?ty d?fferences ?n mot?vat?on and effort cho?ces.