TY - JOUR AB - Involves a role‐play in which Chinese and US managers allocate a hypothetical bonus to a work group. Indicates that Chinese managers employed three distributive rules (i.e. equity, equality and need) placing greatest emphasis on equality. In contrast, US managers employed two distributive rules, equity and equality, placing the greatest emphasis on equity. Chinese managers placed significantly greater emphasis on the need rule than did US managers, although very small amounts were allocated on the basis of need. Discusses implications for appropriate pay design. VL - 19 IS - 4 SN - 0142-5455 DO - 10.1108/01425459710170031 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459710170031 AU - Giacobbe‐Miller Jane K. AU - Miller Daniel J. AU - Zhang Weijun PY - 1997 Y1 - 1997/01/01 TI - Equity, equality and need as determinants of pay allocations: A comparative study of Chinese and US managers T2 - Employee Relations PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 309 EP - 320 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -