Fairness perceptions and work attitudes revisited: roles of employee specialty,hospital level and ownership |
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Authors: | Kuo-Cherh Huang Ning Lu Chao-Hsiun Tang Chung-I Huang |
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Affiliation: | School of Health Care Administration Taipei Medical University , Taipei, 110, Taiwan , 250 Wu-Hsing St Phone: +886 22378 5339?+886 2 2378 9788 E-mail: kchuang@tmu.edu.tw |
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Abstract: | Compensation is widely acknowledged as an important job element in the eyes of employees. Health care is a special industry in which compensation received by employees differs greatly. This study examines empirically the relationships between hospital employees' perceptions of compensation fairness and their work attitudes, taking into account the roles of employee specialty, hospital level and ownership. Using data from 2,938 employees of thirty hospitals in Taiwan, the results indicate that fairness perceptions and work attitudes differ significantly among hospital employees according to their specialties. Hospital level and ownership exert impacts on employees' fairness perceptions, although not on their work attitudes. A positive relationship is observed between fairness perceptions and work attitudes of hospital employees. |
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Keywords: | Fairness perceptions work attitudes hospital employees |
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