Using a multidimensional measure of pay satisfaction (the Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire; PSQ), this study assessed the discriminant validity between scores on a measure of distributive justice and the PSQ using confirmatory factor analysis. Data collected from a diverse sample of employees indicated that the items from both the pay satisfaction scale and the distributive justice scale loaded on the hypothesized dimensions. Various goodness-of-fit measures confirmed the discriminant validity of the two constructs.
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