Dear Colleagues,
A few weeks ago I asked if anyone was aware of a measure which assessed the basis of reward allocation of the supervisor, as perceived by his/her employee. I received three responses which are included in the attachment.
Thank you for the helpful suggestions!
Sandy Wayne
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ORIGINAL REQUEST:
Dear Colleagues,
Bob Liden and I, along with our doctoral students, are in the process of designing a study and are interested in measuring the basis of reward allocation of the supervisor, as perceived by his/her employee. Specifically, Deutsch (1975) identified three underlying values for distributing outcomes consisting of equity, equality, and needs. Our literature search indicates that many laboratory and field experiments have manipulated the basis of the supervisor's reward allocation (equity/equality/need) but we haven't found a measure of employee perceptions of their supervisors' basis for allocating rewards-that is, whether the employee feels that the supervisor allocates rewards among members of the group on the basis of equity, equality, or need. Further, many studies on reward allocation measure fairness (distributive, procedural, interactional, and informational) but not the specific value that is the basis for allocating rewards (equality, equality, need), as perceived by the employee. Is anyone aware of such a measure?
Thanks in advance.
Sandy Wayne (sjwayne@uic.edu)