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- Title
Gender-Based Wage Differences: THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT.
- Authors
Pfeffer, Jeffrey; Ross, Jerry
- Abstract
In a study of more than 20,000 high-level administrators in 821 colleges and universities, it was found that women `s salaries were lower than men `s, even when institutional, individual, and positional characteristics were statistically con trolled. Moreover, the negative effect of female incumbency on salary was greater in larger institutions and in private as compared with public colleges and universities. There was also limited evidence that the availability of more resources tended to increase the amount of gender-based wage discrimination. There was no effect of being in a university, a four-year college, or a two-year college. The results are consistent with the evidence of wage discrimination against women, and serve to identify some factors of organizational context that affect the extent of such discrimination.
- Subjects
WOMEN'S employment; WAGE differentials; EMPLOYMENT discrimination; SEX differences (Biology); ORGANIZATIONAL research; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Work & Occupations, 1990, Vol 17, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0730-8884
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0730888490017001003