Gender Role in Pay Disparities

Gender Role in Pay Disparities
JRSM-301-BXF
Due Date: March 15, 2023
Gender Role in Pay Disparities
Gender pay disparity is a global problem. It seems a result of women's struggle to grow economically in a stereotypical sociocultural environment. Even in the digital age, women face multiple workplace problems due to their demographic identity, affecting their careers, promotion, and advancement. The five articles below discuss the gender pay gap, its reasons, its impact on society and the economy, and a comparison of different sectors in this respect. All three articles are a result of a search for peer-reviewed articles.
Alkadry, M. G., & Tower, L. E. (2006). Unequal pay: The role of gender. Public Administration Review, 66(6), 888-898. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00656.x
This article analysis reveals the gender-based pay gap by collecting data through online surveys. At first, it conducted a national survey on the internet to gather 1600 responses, then provided the data to four research groups for critical evaluation. Based on the gathered responses, the data also showed accurate numeric statistics through tables of the pay gap between men and women in workplaces. The analysis has four gender theories named glass ceiling; its connection with women's place in offices; position segregation; its impact on working women, agency segregation; its contribution to the expansion of the problem, and human capital. The article shows research-based numeric data collected by analyst groups about the difference between gender and human capital.
The article discovers the barrier responsible for pay inequity and their complexity stemming from an organization's link with culture and human capital. The study compulsorily involves the contribution of barriers and the need to diminish them to determine the association between gender and pay inequity. By analyzing four theories, the article finds out that position segregation and agency segregation demand consideration and solution as the heart of the problem while discussing gender-based pay disparities. It also highlights the prominent factors that impact the agency and position segregation and how much attention they need to minimize the problem. Also, the article explores demographical pay inequality in different workplaces for the same position (Alkadry & Tower, 2006).
This article attempts to discuss the problem of gender-based pay inequity from the root problem. It takes the reader to examine the factors responsible for the problem by discussing four problem-related theories individually and discovering quantitative results. The authors also include policymakers and their contribution and failure to significantly minimize the pay gap for different positions and the same positions in different organizations for women. Ultimately, the article leads the reader to consider the fundamental factors behind the problem and the need for sociocultural and legal reforms to reverse the situation. According to me legal policy revision is very important to discover the solution of the problem, thereby this article plays an important function in my study.
Bishu, S. G., & Alkadry, M. G. (2016). A systematic review of the gender pay gap and factors that predict it. Administration & Society, 49(1), 65-104. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399716636928
This article is a systematic review of multiple peer-reviewed past studies regarding the problem of gender-based pay inequity. The study involves 98 out of 250 selected articles for the research through inclusion criteria which determines the quality and validity of the research material. The articles selected to write the systematic review include the pay gap in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. In contrast, most articles provide multi-sector demographic discrimination impacting pay inequity in organizations. Through a revision method, the authors ensured the quality of the systematic review by analyzing, summarizing, and grouping similar articles to provide results.
The study explores the pay gap problem and the factors affecting it in the public sector. It fundamentally answers three questions. Firstly, it recognizes the repetitive themes of the underlined problem. Secondly, it compares the sector performance through the data regressed from the first question. Thirdly, it highlights the role of the public sector in closing the problem and its impact on the organization. Hence, the article focuses on the better performance of the public sector that values equality and economic justice regardless of social differences. It also highlights how public sectors set limits for sociocultural phenomena and other barriers that halt women from economically growing at the same pace as men (Bishu et al., 2016).
The study provides a long, systematic review based on the past study of the gender-based pay gap. Involving public, private, and multi-sector environments, the study discovers the justice and values prevailing in the public sector that provides women an equal opportunity to flourish economically. Also, it encompasses three themes as analysts of underlined problems in workplaces; inequity in access to authority in organizations, inequity in access to employment and upgrade, and demographic representation. Finally, the article is very important in my research because it fi...