Employee conduct in a professional context is determined not only by certain relatively constant personal and environmental factors; it also depends on employee perceptions of the way in which the organization operates and in which the organization’s processes work. This is a subjective criterion comprising a number of aspects at whose core there always lies a sense of fairness. Research shows that a sense of fairness is the key determinant for attitudes within the organization, having direct consequences for employee efficiency. Having assumed that employee perceptions of the organization’s pay policy are the starting point for any overall judgment of the organization, it seems to be a good idea to analyse analyze these judgments with respect to various areas. Examining the individual aspects of a sense of fairness will allow making predictions as to how an employee will feel about having to work more for an organization and about his/her continued employment there. The objective of this paper is was to demonstrate that a sense of fairness is the direct driving force behind employee attitudes and conduct evolving towards greater commitment. The information on pay and commitment, reported by extramural college students in full-time employment, has shown that there is between these a statistically significant positive correlation.
