{"id":10,"date":"2026-02-26T22:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:52:19","slug":"week-8-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/week-8-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"week 8 blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A situation in which I engaged in a set of behaviors in which compensation played a major role occurred over the summer, when I was deciding between two job offers. The first job was with a company where I had interned the year prior. I really liked the people there, but my pay was lower than my friends&#8217; in similar roles at other organizations. The second offer came from a rival firm, with a 20% pay boost and an enticing benefits package that led me to accept it. My thought process in the matter was based on equity theory, as explained in the lecture <em>Outline- Compensation<\/em>. This outline states, \u201cemployees make comparisons between themselves and their coworkers with regards to inputs and outputs \u2026 When ratio is unequal, attempts are made to restore balance\u201d (<em>Outline-Compensation<\/em>). This relates to my situation: at the original company, the input was high because I worked on intense projects for many hours, but the output was low because I was paid below market value. To balance this situation, I switched companies to even things out.<br><br>Another way compensation affected me at this previous job was the lack of motivation. At the first company, I was underpaid, so I sometimes slacked off because I wanted more. This dip in effort is explained in Steven Kerr\u2019s article \u201cOn a Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for a B\u201d. Kerr highlights that when rewards don\u2019t align with desired outcomes, people adapt rationally, so when I was getting underpaid, I acted accordingly by not working as hard. Overall, my switch to the rival company can be attributed to increased extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. The second organization provided extrinsic compensation through a pay bump and intrinsic reward through a feeling of motivation and pride in my job. Through these incentives, my motivation and behavior in switching companies are displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cieri, Mike. <em>Outline- Compensation<\/em>. Mgmt 553: Human Resources Management, Oregon State University. Canvas, <a href=\"https:\/\/canvas.oregonstate.edu\/courses\/2054905\/files\/115250641?wrap=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Compensation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerr, Steven. &#8220;On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B.&#8221; <em>The Academy of Management Executive<\/em>, vol. 9, no. 1, Feb. 1995, pp. 7\u201314.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A situation in which I engaged in a set of behaviors in which compensation played a major role occurred over the summer, when I was deciding between two job offers. The first job was with a company where I had interned the year prior. I really liked the people there, but my pay was lower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15029,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/hrmblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}