Problem of Gender Equality in the Job Market

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Under the rubric of modern, twentiethcentury career ethics, there has been a long problem with gender equality in the job market. Nowhere is this inequality more apparent than in the differences in hiring practices experienced by members of the female gender. In fact, gender differences do exist in hiring practices of management personnel favoring men over women. This research tested just that hypothesis by collecting data from the personnel administrators at six insurance companies in Southern California. All of these companies had over 100 employees, and the data represented all applicants (83 people) who applied for a management level position between January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1989. The research showed a clear bias of men over women, for of the eight positions filled from 83 applicants, six were filled with men (75 percent) and two with women (25 percent). Further research showed that the average pay for men was 32 percent higher than for women with the same job title and basic job qualifications ($38,000 for men to $26,000 for women).

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In the modern office, the presence of some women in key, or high level, positions is commonly viewed as an anomaly. In fact, the almost complete dominance of men over women in key executive jobs has led to a sociological and cultural presumption that women should be excluded from positions of authority. When surveying occupation research, one clearly finds that t

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tual data was collected by means of a survey to the personnel administrators in the respective insurance companies. In order to maintain anonymity, all data was kept confidential, and neither the names of the applicants, nor the names of the insurance companies were used. Procedures The data was collected by survey from six insurance companies with 100 or more employees. The data base of 83 applicants represented all applicants who applied for a management level position from January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1989. The tracking consisted of noting the number of applicants hired, their actual base qualifications, their salary level, and the ratio of men to women regarding education and work experience. Additionally, these figures were compared with previous research in the field in order to establish the validity of the information collected. Results A total of eight positions were filled in six insurance companies during the twoyear period under study. This represents an aggregate average of 1.3 percent per company. All eight positions were filled with individuals who had both a MBA and at least five years work experience, making 23 (28 percent; 17 percent of the total were ineligible men and 11 percent were wome
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