Berkeley Company: Employee Wages and Communication Research Report

This report examines the relationship between employee wages, communication strategies, and job performance within the Berkeley company. The study focuses on the impact of various communication methods on employee satisfaction, motivation, and overall workplace dynamics. The report addresses key areas such as the association between employee income and job performance, the influence of job grades on salary levels, and the role of human resource policies in fostering a positive work environment. The research incorporates secondary data and utilizes a variety of sources, including academic articles and public surveys, to analyze the connection between wage structures and employee engagement. The goal of this research is to explore how the Berkeley Company can improve employee satisfaction and productivity through effective wage distribution and communication strategies.

Professional Project 1
Employee Wages in Communication Media
Field of research: The Human resource has recently been the key target of most management
companies. Various forms of communication in human resource department are necessary for
significant determination of workplace structure including the amount of wages of the employees. For
sustaining employee satisfaction, motivation and morale, association between employee base and
income of employees play a crucial role in communication field. When there is no association
between employee income and workforce of employees in terms of job field, the organization might
observe a decline in productivity and performance as employees could realize themselves as
undervalued, under-waged and unappreciated.
The topic focuses on major workforce executed by employees, distribution of income level of
Berkeley Company and accounting of personnel program. The accounting of employee wages takes
into account of work status, relocation and supervisory relationship.
Secondary data: Publicly available survey data on employee satisfaction could be found in
https://hr.berkeley.edu/node/5305
Research Question: The study tries to examine the association between human resources of the
employees and their wage amount in Berkeley.
Variables:
1. Job family of the job field (example- Broadcast communication, Digital communication, General
communication, Media communication, Publication and Production)
2. Job grade of the employees
3. Minimum, Mid and Maximum amount of salary of the employees
Search terms: employee performance, job field, job family, job performance, job grade, amount of
monthly income.
Merged articles and reference list: Many Studies show a positive relationship exists between
employee income and human resource management in terms of job grade (Galinsky, E. and Stein, P.J.,
1990). Some study indicated that pay equity and product quality has insignificant association
(Cowherd, D.M. and Levine, D.I., 1992). The positive correlation between industrial grade and employee
income explains positive wage model in Berkeley industry.

Professional Project 2

Professional Project 3
References
Cowherd, D. M., & Levine, D. I. (1992). Product quality and pay equity between lower-level
employees and top management: An investigation of distributive justice
theory. Administrative Science Quarterly, 302-320.
Galinsky, E., & Stein, P. J. (1990). The impact of human resource policies on employees:
Balancing work/family life. Journal of Family Issues, 11(4), 368-383.
Hussin, A. (2011). The relationship between job satisfaction and job performance among
employee engagement: An explorative study. Issues in Business Management and
Economics, 4(1), 1-8.
Shmailan, A. S. B. (2016). The relationship between job satisfaction, job performance and
employees in tradewinds group of companies (Doctoral dissertation, Open University
Malaysia).