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1996

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Institutional Racism: An Empirical Study Jul 1996

Institutional Racism: An Empirical Study

Sandy Miles

A casual model of institutional racism was developed with three independent variables (supervisory support, procedural justice, and indoctrination) and two intervening variables (supportive climate and perceived supervisory discrimination). The linkages were tested through multiple regression analysis with a sample of 146 African
Americans. The results offer fairly strong support for the model, explaining 43% of the variance in institutional racism.

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The Influence Of A Merit Pay Guide Chart On Employee Attitudes Toward Pay At A Transit Authority, Dow Scott, S E. Markham, M J. Vest Dec 1995

The Influence Of A Merit Pay Guide Chart On Employee Attitudes Toward Pay At A Transit Authority, Dow Scott, S E. Markham, M J. Vest

Dow Scott

The influence of the merit pay guide chart on managerial, professional, technical, and clerical attitudes toward pay is examined in a large transit authority. Although findings indicate that both instrumentality and merit pay satisfaction are influenced by a merit pay guide chart (i.e. position in range and performance ratings) and the size merit increases, the relationship are not necessarily in the predicted direction. Regression analysis indicated that the impact of guide chart ratings on merit pay satisfaction is considerably more than on instrumentality belief. Employees who received merit increases larger than suggested by the guide chart are more satisfied with …

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