Table 1
Descriptive statistics and correlations among variables used in the study
| Variables | Mean | s | Gender | Salary | Equity | Equality | Affective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perception | Perception | Commitment | |||||
| Gender | 0.66 | 0.48 | |||||
| Salary importance | 1.61 | 0.65 | 0.15*** | ||||
| Equity perceptions | 3.03 | 1.05 | –0.09* | 0.11* | |||
| Equality perceptions | 2.82 | 0.87 | –0.02 | –0.01 | 0.19*** | ||
| Affective commitment | 3.54 | 0.88 | –0.04 | 0.18*** | 0.41*** | 0.05 | |
| Normative commitment | 2.65 | 0.91 | –0.04 | 0.10* | 0.36*** | 0.14*** | 0.56*** |
Table 2
Results of the moderated regression analysis on affective commitment and normative commitment: effect of equity norms
| Affective Commitment | Normative Commitment | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||||
| b | t | b | T | b | t | b | t | b | t | b | t | |
| Salary | 0.19 | 4.14*** | 0.14 | 3.36*** | 0.15 | 3.48*** | 0.11 | 2.33** | 0.07 | 1.52 | 0.07 | 1.61 |
| Gender (male = 0; female = 1) | –0.07 | 1.42 | –0.02 | 0.54 | –0.42 | 3.36*** | –0.06 | 1.21 | –0.02 | 0.44 | –0.42 | 3.23*** |
| Equity | 0.40 | 9.40*** | –0.04 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 7.89*** | –0.09 | 0.67 | ||||
| Gender × equity | 0.58 | 3.37*** | 0.59 | 3.26*** | ||||||||
| DR2 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.02 | ||||||
| F | 8.90*** | 88.36*** | 11.33*** | 3.09* | 62.23*** | 10.65*** | ||||||
Table 3
Results of the moderated regression analysis on affective commitment and normative commitment: effect of equality norms
| Affective Commitment | Normative Commitment | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||||
| b | t | b | T | b | t | b | t | b | t | b | t | |
| Salary | 0.20 | 4.25*** | 0.20 | 4.25*** | 0.21 | 4.47*** | 0.11 | 2.25* | 0.11 | 2.28* | 0.11 | 2.32* |
| Gender (male = 0; female = 1) | –0.06 | 1.39 | –0.06 | 1.37 | –0.46 | 3.02** | –0.06 | 1.29 | –0.06 | 1.23 | –0.15 | 0.99 |
| Equality | 0.05 | 1.03 | –0.35 | 2.29** | 0.14 | 2.99** | 0.04 | 0.29 | ||||
| Gender × equality | 0.56 | 2.73** | 0.13 | 0.64 | ||||||||
| DR2 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | ||||||
| F | 9.30*** | 1.06 | 7.47*** | 3.00* | 8.91** | 0.41 | ||||||
Figure 1
Moderating effect of gender on the relationship between equity perceptions and affective commitment.
Figure 2
Moderating effect of gender on the relationship between equity perceptions and normative commitment.
Figure 3
Moderating effects of gender on the relationship between equality perceptions and affective commitment.