Managers in today’s organizations use money to attract, retain,
and motivate employees to achieve organizational goals
(Milkovich & Newman, 2002). While managerial practices (like
society in general) are built on the idea that money benefits
individuals, research suggests that wealth can have detrimental
consequences when discrepancies in wealth exist between individuals.
Such discrepancies may indeed make salient to individuals
that they are in a disadvantageous position compared to
others.