EXPLAINING GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SELF-PAY EXPECTATIONS - SOCIAL-COMPARISON STANDARDS AND PERCEPTIONS OF FAIR PAY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: JACKSON, LA; GARDNER, PD; SULLIVAN, LA
• 署名单位: Michigan State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.77.5.651
• 发表日期: 1992
• 页码: 651-663

摘要

This research examined gender differences in self-pay expectations and the factors that mediate these differences. On the basis of Major and Konar's (1984) model, five mediators were considered: career paths, objective job inputs, perceived job inputs, job facet importance, and social comparison standards. The mediating role of a sixth factor, fair pay standards, was also examined. College seniors planning to enter a variety of occupational fields completed the Career Expectations Survey, which assessed their self-pay expectations and the six mediating factors. Findings indicated that, regardless of occupational field, women had lower career-peak self-pay expectations than men. The best mediator of the gender gap in self-pay expectations was fair pay standards. Implications for future research on the construct of fair pay standards and its importance in understanding the gender wage gap are discussed.