However, beyond that level, relative pay becomes an issue and with it, perception of pay or pay satisfaction.

但除了这一标准外，相对薪酬就显得很重要了，还有对薪酬或薪酬满意度的感知。

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The rankings show that there is no clear link between higher relative pay and higher performance.

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The paper examines a German wholesaler that gave its warehouse workers information on both their relative performance vis a vis other workers, and their relative pay.

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This may be, the authors say, because relative pay levels are unlikely to have changed enough even over a dozen years to show up on an index of corruption that is broad and subjective to begin with.

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