SEX DIFFERENCES IN OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE, PAY, AND WORTH: A SUPPLY‐SIDE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE MALE‐FEMALE WAGE GAP

John R. Hollenbeck · Daniel R. Ilgen · Cheri L. Ostroff · Jeffrey B. Vancouver

46 citations0/0 files storedPersonnel Psychology

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Labour Market and Migration Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Career Development and Diversity

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the utility of adopting a supply‐side approach to understanding the nature of wage differentials between men and women. Using an expectancy theory framework, a sample of 272 job applicants evaluated a set of job outcomes and rated the instrumentalities and expectancies for each of eight jobs that varied in terms of sex dominance, pay, and worth. Preferences for each job also were obtained using a paired comparison procedure. The results suggested that much of the wage gap between men and women can be explained by (1) evaluations of multiple outcomes other than pay and (2) gender‐related differences in expectancies, instrumentalities, and valences with respect to these outcomes. Both the theoretical and practical utility of approaching the issue of comparable worth from a supply as well as a demand side are discussed.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 46 citations exist upstream.

References

1949Rank Correlation Methods.1973Making vocational choices : a theory of careers 1981The relationship of career-related self-efficacy expectations to perceived career options in college women and men.1943Vocational interests of men and women.1974Expectancy models of job satisfaction, occupational preference and effort: A theoretical, methodological, and empirical appraisal.1957Early determinants of vocational choice.1984Overworked and underpaid: On the nature of gender differences in personal entitlement.1966Intrinsic and extrinsic job motivations among different segments of the working population.

Cited by

2021Compensation, Benefits, and Total Rewards: A Bird's-Eye (Re)View 2003Global versus facet predictors of intention to quit: differences in a sample of male and female Singaporean managers and non-managers 1993Perceptions of Motivational Components: Salesmen and Saleswomen Revisited 2017The importance of individual differences for applicant attraction: a literature review and avenues for future research 1991A Contextualist Model of Professional Attainment

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.