Resumen

MADERO GOMEZ, Sergio Manuel; CALDERON LEYVA, Victor  y  VELEZ TORRES, Francisco. Personnel preferences towards workplace benefits: The case of a maquiladora company in Mexico’s northwest border with the United States. Nova scientia [online]. 2015, vol.7, n.15, pp.529-552. ISSN 2007-0705.

This research extend the job of Madero (2009a) and show that companies have formal processes of compensation, which have to be continuously reviewed in order to use them as a distinct advantage. Those are a fundamental part in the development of the company, due to the economic situation we have today it’s not easy to offer to raise salaries, for this reason is important to analyze whether the benefits and/or services provided by the company are currently efficient in terms of satisfaction and importance to workers. In the implementation of 123 questionnaires within a manufacturing company in northwest Mexico, we find that the savings fund, the food stamps, the Christmas bonus, facilities work properly chilled and security conditions were 5 benefits more important from a list of 30 benefits.

Palabras llave : Benefits; compensation management; human resource management.