The Influence of a Pay Increase on Job Satisfaction: a Study with the Chinese Army

In: Social behavior and personality: an international journal, Band 36, Heft 10, S. 1333-1339

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of a pay increase on job satisfaction among junior officers in the Chinese Army. A job satisfaction questionnaire was devised for the study and was used both before and after a raise in pay with junior military officers from one
military region to detect changes in job satisfaction. Before the pay increase, job satisfaction was at a comparatively low level; after the pay raise, it improved significantly. This improvement also occurred in all facets of job satisfaction. It was concluded that pay satisfaction plays
an important role in job satisfaction for Chinese junior military officers.