Abstract
This is a two-fold paper. First, to inquire differences in gross pay of the same Basic Pay Scale (BPS) employee’s serving in the federal government of Pakistan and to inspect the reasons and justifications of such dispersion if any. Second, to inquire the influence of pay satisfaction (PS) on employees’ organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Mix data was collected from 256 employees working in eight organizations (n=256). Key respondents technique was used to gather qualitative data whereas quantitative data was accumulated through standardized questionnaires. Considerable disparity in gross pay was found in the same basis pay scale (BPS) across institutions. Pay satisfaction, job satisfaction (JS) and OCB association model was developed for further testing. The results revealed positive impact of pay satisfaction on both job satisfaction and OCB. Additionally, the study found that job satisfaction meditates the relation between pay satisfaction and OCB. This research is a unique attempt and accord to the prevailing literature on pay satisfaction, job satisfaction and OCB affiliation

Naveed Farooq , Hazrat Bilal, Syed Haider Khalil. (2020) Pay Discrepancy and the Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction between Pay Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Case of the Federal Government of Pakistan, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 57, Issue 1.
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