Does organizational context matter? An examination of the factors influencing employees’ judgments of minimum wage increases
Dütsch M, Senghaas M, Stephan G, Struck O (2025)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2025
Journal
Book Volume: 59
Article Number: 6
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1186/s12651-025-00392-3
Abstract
This article presents novel findings on company factors that determine judgments regarding the fairness of minimum wage increases. Drawing on minimum wage and organizational justice research, we conducted a factorial survey among German employees. It seems that the internal wage structure plays a crucial role because raising only the pay of minimum wage workers and not that of other employees causes a minimum wage increase to be rated as less fair. While a hiring freeze does not negatively influence fairness judgments, layoffs do. Finally, if a minimum wage increase adversely affects a company’s economic situation, respondents assess it as less fair.
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Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA)
Germany (DE)
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Germany (DE)
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Germany (DE)
Germany (DE)
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Germany (DE)
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Germany (DE)
How to cite
APA:
Dütsch, M., Senghaas, M., Stephan, G., & Struck, O. (2025). Does organizational context matter? An examination of the factors influencing employees’ judgments of minimum wage increases. Journal for Labour Market Research, 59(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-025-00392-3
MLA:
Dütsch, Matthias, et al. "Does organizational context matter? An examination of the factors influencing employees’ judgments of minimum wage increases." Journal for Labour Market Research 59.1 (2025).
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