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Gender Differences in Comparisons and Entitlement: Implications for Comparable Worth.
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Major, Brenda – Journal of Social Issues, 1989
Addresses the role of comparison processes in the persistence of the gender wage gap, its toleration by those disadvantaged by it, and resistance to comparable worth as a corrective strategy. Argues that gender segregation and undercompensation for women's jobs leads women to use different comparison standards when evaluating what they deserve.…
Descriptors: Comparable Worth, Cultural Influences, Employed Women, Employment Practices
Comparable Worth Theory and Policy.
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Wittig, Michele Andrisin; Lowe, Rosemary Hays – Journal of Social Issues, 1989
Provides different perspectives on comparable worth issues. Covers the following topics: (1) competing explanations for the wage gap; (2) indirect approaches to wage equity; (3) the need for a direct approach to wage equity; (4) job evaluation; (5) application of comparable worth principles to compensation systems; and (6) strategies for adopting…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Comparable Worth, Employed Women, Employment Practices
Relative Deprivation and the Gender Wage Gap.
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Jackson, Linda A. – Journal of Social Issues, 1989
Discusses how gender differences in the value of pay, based on relative deprivation theory, explain women's paradoxical contentment with lower wages. Presents a model of pay satisfaction to integrate value-based and comparative-referent explanations of the relationship between gender and pay satisfaction. Discusses economic approaches to the…
Descriptors: Comparable Worth, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors, Employed Women
Comparable Worth: Individual, Interpersonal, and Structural Considerations.
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Lowe, Rosemary Hays; Wittig, Michele Andrisin – Journal of Social Issues, 1989
Integrates the major conclusions of the papers on comparable worth in this special issue, and identifies additional relevant issues. Covers the following major topics: (1) history and conceptual issues; (2) social psychological aspects to pay equity; (3) job evaluation issues and applications; and (4) policy implementation and implications. (JS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Comparable Worth, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
Implementation of Comparable Worth in Canada.
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Gunderson, Morley – Journal of Social Issues, 1989
Describes issues involved in the implementation of comparable worth in Canada. Discusses the international relevance of Canada's experience because of its extensive coverage, application to private sector, integration with collective bargaining, and emphasis on proactive approach. Discusses issues of fairness concerning practical aspects of…
Descriptors: Comparable Worth, Compliance (Legal), Employed Women, Employment Practices
The Case for Comparable Worth.
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Taylor, Susan H. – Journal of Social Issues, 1989
Argues that comparable worth is a necessary and feasible remedy for the systematic, sex-related pay inequities found in contemporary work situations. Discusses equal opportunity legislation and its effects on conventional compensation practices. Discusses the simplicity of implementing comparable worth. Refutes arguments against its necessity and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Comparable Worth, Cost Estimates, Employed Women