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Volume 10 Issue 1, Pages 3 - 16

Published Online: 8 Jun 2007

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Are "Overpaid" Workers Really Unhappy? A Test of the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Peter J. Sloane 1 Hector Williams 1
  1 Peter J. Sloane, Hector Williams, Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, Edward Wright Building, Dunbar Street, Old Aberdeen AB92TY.

The authors are grateful to R. Elliott, I. Theodossiou and an anonymous referee for helpful comments. The usual disclaimer applies.

Copyright 1996 Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini

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ABSTRACT: Using data on individual perceptions of deserved pay for workers in six British local labour markets, this paper tests the implicit proposition of cognitive dissonance theory that workers who express themselves as being overpaid should exhibit lower job satisfaction than equitably paid workers. The regression results do not provide any evidence in support of the proposition.


Received on January 10 and approved by the Editorial Board on November 14, 1995

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10.1111/j.1467-9914.1996.tb00077.x About DOI

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