<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Dissatisfied public employees put at risk the quality of service delivery. Th is study investigates <italic>pay dissatisfaction</italic> among a sample (N=501) of municipal employees in Russia’s Stavropol region. We find that <italic>pay dissatisfaction</italic> results from negative perceptions of public employment compensation, low levels of risk aversion, unethical professional attitudes, and more than 4 years of working experience. Our findings suggest that municipal employees are sensitive to multiple wage gaps within the public sector, and that upward pay comparisons are a relevant predictor of <italic>dissatisfaction with pay</italic>. We conclude that widespread <italic>pay dissatisfaction</italic> poses a serious threat to the implementation of federal programs and sustainable rural development in Russia.</p></abstract>

Dissatisfied public employees put at risk the quality of service delivery. Th is study investigates pay dissatisfaction among a sample (N=501) of municipal employees in Russia’s Stavropol region. We find that pay dissatisfaction results from negative perceptions of public employment compensation, low levels of risk aversion, unethical professional attitudes, and more than 4 years of working experience. Our findings suggest that municipal employees are sensitive to multiple wage gaps within the public sector, and that upward pay comparisons are a relevant predictor of dissatisfaction with pay. We conclude that widespread pay dissatisfaction poses a serious threat to the implementation of federal programs and sustainable rural development in Russia.

Pay Dissatisfaction among Municipal Employees: Empirical Evidence from Russia’s Stavropol Region

National Research University Higher School of Economics

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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Dissatisfied public employees put at risk the quality of service delivery. Th is study investigates pay dissatisfaction among a sample (N=501) of municipal...

Pay Dissatisfaction among Municipal Employees: Empirical Evidence from Russia’s Stavropol Region

Published Online: Jun 18, 2019

Page range: 69 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0003

Keywords
pay dissatisfaction, Russia, workplace attitudes and behavior, local government

© 2019 Tim Jäkel, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Pay Dissatisfaction among Municipal Employees: Empirical Evidence from Russia’s Stavropol Region

Published Online: Jun 18, 2019

Page range: 69 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2019-0003

Keywordspay dissatisfaction, Russia, workplace attitudes and behavior, local government

© 2019 Tim Jäkel, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
pay dissatisfaction, Russia, workplace attitudes and behavior, local government