On the Dimensionality of the Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire

Abstract

Using a sample of 104 employed business students attending evening courses at a state university, the dimensionality of a pay satisfaction questionnaire was examined. A principal components analysis with an oblique rotation was used to assess whether items hypothesized to load on a raise in pay component and a structure/administration component would actually load on those respective components. This analysis was also compared to one with an orthogonal rotation to assess the assumption of orthogonality between the hypothesized dimensions. The raise and structure/administration items all loaded on a single component along with pay level items, and, based upon hyperplane counts, the assumption of orthogonality between dimensions of satisfaction with pay is poor.