Relationship between Pay Level, Pay Structure and Job Commitment in Malaysian Public Community College: The Mediation Role of Distributive Justice

Authors

Azman Ismail, Faculty of Defence Studies & Management, National Defence University, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFollow
Yusof Ismail, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFollow
Zalina Ibrahim, Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sarawak, MalaysiaFollow
Clara Ong Guat Leng, Politeknik Kuching Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, MalaysiaFollow
Perry Tan Chee Kiong, Kolej Komuniti Miri in Miri, Sarawak, MalaysiaFollow

Abstract

This study was conducted to measure the mediating effect of distributive justice on the relationship between pay level, pay structure, and job commitment. A survey research method was used to gather 194 usable questionnaires from academic staff of 15 Malaysian public community colleges (MPCC). Outcomes of testing mediating model using a stepwise regression analysis showed that distributive justice has increased the effect of pay design features (i.e., pay level and pay structure) on job commitment. This result confirms that distributive justice does act as a full mediating variable in the pay design models of the organizational sector sample. In addition, implications of this study to compensation theory and practice, methodological and conceptual limitations, as well as directions for future research are discussed.

Recommended Citation

Ismail, Azman; Ismail, Yusof; Ibrahim, Zalina; Leng, Clara Ong Guat; and Kiong, Perry Tan Chee (2009) "Relationship between Pay Level, Pay Structure and Job Commitment in Malaysian Public Community College: The Mediation Role of Distributive Justice," The South East Asian Journal of Management: Vol. 3: No. 2, Article 3.
DOI: 10.21002/seam.v3i2.5620
Available at: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/seam/vol3/iss2/3