Pay secrecy

Adrian Furnham
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Adrian Furnham: University College London

A chapter in People Management in Turbulent Times, 2009, pp 123-126 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Just after the First World War a big American company put out a policy memorandum entitled “Forbidding discussion among employees of salary received.” It threatened to “instantly discharge people” who disclosed their “confidential” salaries in order to avoid invidious comparison and dissatisfaction.

Keywords: Relative Deprivation; Turbulent Time; Continuance Commitment; Justice Judgment; Employee Voice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230239616_43

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