Comparative Worth

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This paper discusses the concept of comparative worth between males and females in the workplace. It suggests that comparative worth is a good starting point for understanding how to create gender equality in the work place. The writer of the paper presents his opinion that there are many different factors that go into the wage decision calculus and that relying upon comparative worth alone is flawed. The paper discusses these assertions.

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"In the final analysis, comparative worth is an idealistic strategy to gender equality in application to wages within the workplace. However, the actual implementation of such a system requires not only a strong criteria for judging comparative worth, but also a complete shift within the organizational and financial planning of a company. As a result, it is extremely difficult to implement on a widespread basis. Creating a clear standard by which to understand and frame comparative worth is the first essential step for HR managers to attempt to implement such a policy on a large organization wide level."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Jobs, Dollars & Gender: An Analysis of the Comparable Worth Issue in Urban Areas, by Charles Davis; Jonathan West Polity (c) 1985 Northeastern Political Science Association. Published by Palgrave Macmillan Journals
• Implementing Comparable Worth: A Survey of Recent Job Evaluation Studies, by Elaine Sorensen The American Economic Review (c) 1986 American Economic Association
• Human Resource Management Tenth Edition, John M. Ivancevich.

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