TY  - JOUR
AB  - This study examined a mediating model of income and pay satisfaction with a direct path (income → pay satisfaction) and an indirect path with two mediators (income → the love of money → pay equity comparison → pay satisfaction). Results of the whole sample showed that the indirect path was significant and the direct path was insignificant. When the indirect path was eliminated, income contributed positively to pay satisfaction. We then tested the model across two moderators: culture (the United States versus Spain) and gender. This study provides the following theoretical and empirical contributions: the direct relationship between income and pay satisfaction depends on the indirect path and the extent to which (1) income enhances the love of money and (2) the love of money is applied to evaluate pay equity comparison satisfaction. If both conditions exist, income leads to pay dissatisfaction. If the second condition does not exist, income does not lead to pay dissatisfaction. Pay satisfaction depends on (1) one’s love of money and (2) how one compares. The role of the love of money in pay satisfaction is “not”universal across cultures and gender.
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SN  - 1536-5433
DO  - 10.1108/15365430580001311
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/15365430580001311
AU  - Li‐Ping Tang Thomas
AU  - Luna‐Arocas Roberto
AU  - Sutarso Toto
PY  - 2005
Y1  - 2005/01/01
TI  - From Income To Pay Satisfaction: The Love of Money and Pay Equity Comparison as Mediators and Culture (the United States and Spain) and Gender as Moderators
T2  - Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 7
EP  - 26
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -