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Valuations of compensation and benefit items by new entrants into the professional workforce: Do men and women differ?
Author(s) -
Tocher Neil,
Feild Hubert S.,
Giles William F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2006.tb00009.x
Subject(s) - workforce , compensation (psychology) , psychology , sample (material) , demographic economics , labour economics , business , social psychology , economics , economic growth , chemistry , chromatography
Women make up nearly half of the workforce in America, and they continue to enter fields such as business and engineering in record numbers. Additionally, more women with children under 3 years of age are remaining in the workforce. Considering these changes, examining whether the compensation and benefit preferences of male and female entrants into the workforce are different now than they were 15 to 20 years ago is relevant. This study used a sample of 195 college seniors to examine this issue. Results suggested that compensation and benefit preferences of current new entrants are somewhat different from the preferences reported in earlier studies.