A study of living wage effects on employees' performance‐related attitudes and behaviour

Abstract

Despite the surge of interest in living wage research, most studies pay little attention to the effect of living wages on employee attitudes and behaviour. We examine the differences between living wage and minimum wage workers on three attitudinal and behavioural outcomes: affective commitment, organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB), and turnover intention. We also examine the effects of training and benefits on the three outcomes. Results show that living wage workers have higher affective commitment and lower turnover intention. Training and benefits also improve workers' attitudinal and behavioural outcomes variously. Copyright © 2016 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords: minimum wage, living wage, affective commitment, OCB, turnover intention Résumé En dépit du regain d'intérêt dans la recherche sur les salaires de subsistance, la plupart des études accordent peu d'attention à l'impact de ces salaires sur les attitudes et les comportements des employés. Dans cet article, nous examinons les différences entre les employés qui gagnent des salaires de subsistance et ceux qui gagnent des salaires minimaux, en nous basant sur trois facteurs attitudinaux et comportementaux à savoir : l'engagement affectif, le comportement citoyen organisationnel (OCB) et l'intention de renouvellement. Nous examinons également les effets de la formation et des avantages sur ses trois facteurs. Les résultats indiquent que les employés qui gagnent des salaires de subsistance ont un engagement affectif plus élevé et une intention de renouvellement plus faible. Par ailleurs, la formation et les avantages améliorent diversement les facteurs attitudinaux et comportementaux des employés.

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