Employers' pay practices and potential responses to “comparable worth” litigation an identification of research issues

“Comparable worth” is a controversial compensation strategy. In this paper, research issues that arise when employers perform point-based job evaluations, but deviate from them because of “market” factors, are discussed. Greater research attention to the actual operation of markets and to the conseq...

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Authors: Miceli, Marcia P. (Author) ; Blackburn, John (Author) ; Mangum, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1988
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1988, Volume: 7, Issue: 5, Pages: 347-358
Further subjects:B Potential Response
B Research Attention
B Compensation Strategy
B Research Issue
B Economic Growth
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Summary:“Comparable worth” is a controversial compensation strategy. In this paper, research issues that arise when employers perform point-based job evaluations, but deviate from them because of “market” factors, are discussed. Greater research attention to the actual operation of markets and to the consequences of conflicts in equity perceptions is encouraged.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00382537