Gender Differences in Pay Levels: An Examination of the Compensation of University Presidents

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Blevins, Dane P.; Sauerwald, Steve; Hoobler, Jenny M.; Robertson, Christopher J.
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; University of Pretoria; Northeastern University
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2018.1266
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 600-616
• 关键词: compensation; GENDER; university presidents; institutions; status

摘要

Our paper studies how gender and organizational status affect a university president's compensation. Similar to previous findings, we hypothesize that women will receive less pay than men. However, we go beyond a dyadic view of individual differences to examine gender's impact on compensation, and we explicate the importance of institutional forces in understanding the gender pay gap. In doing so, we rely on organizational status and hypothesize that the gender pay gap will be less pronounced as a university's status rises. Although we find that the gender pay gap persists within the university president context, we also find that as a university's status rises, the pay gap declines. Moreover, our findings show that the gender pay gap disappears at higher-status universities. Hence, accounting for where the glass ceiling is broken is an important consideration in understanding the gender pay gap. In sum, by integrating a broader institutional perspective to explain gender differences in pay levels, our paper demonstrates the importance of contextualizing gender to better understand its effects on compensation.