2.2.1. Pilot study
Weused a pilot study before a large-scale survey was conducted.
We invited 22 full-time Chinese employees who worked in hospitality
industry to join our focus group interview. This objective was
to examine the level of compensation difference between expatriates
and locals and employees’ perceptions of the gap. We then
distributed our questionnaires to these 22 employees and invited
them to provide a detailed comment about each question items. If
there is any unclear or ambiguous sentence or word,wewill modify
and correct it.