Abstract Dissatisfied public employees put at risk the quality of service delivery. Th is study investigates pay dissatisfaction among a sample (N=501) of municipal employees in Russia’s Stavropol region. We find that pay dissatisfaction results from negative perceptions of public employment compensation, low levels of risk aversion, unethical professional attitudes, and more than 4 years of working experience. Our findings suggest that municipal employees are sensitive to multiple wage gaps within the public sector, and that upward pay comparisons are a relevant predictor of dissatisfaction with pay. We conclude that widespread pay dissatisfaction poses a serious threat to the implementation of federal programs and sustainable rural development in Russia.

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市政雇员之间的薪酬不满：来自俄罗斯斯塔夫罗波尔地区的经验证据

摘要不满意的公共雇员使服务质量下降。该研究调查了俄罗斯斯塔夫罗波尔地区的一个市政雇员样本（N = 501）中的薪酬不满。我们发现，薪酬不满是由于对公共就业补偿的负面看法，较低的风险规避程度，不道德的专业态度以及超过4年的工作经验造成的。我们的研究结果表明，市政雇员对公共部门内的多个工资差距很敏感，而向上工资的比较是对工资不满意的相关预测因子。我们得出的结论是，普遍的薪酬不满对俄罗斯联邦计划的实施和可持续农村发展构成了严重威胁。