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Gender‐based perceptions of equity in China's state‐owned enterprises
Author(s) -
Nie Winter,
Hopkins Willie E.,
Hopkins Shirley A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.10025
Subject(s) - egalitarianism , china , equity (law) , perception , pay equity , ideology , job satisfaction , context (archaeology) , demographic economics , business , labour economics , psychology , political science , social psychology , economics , politics , law , geography , archaeology , neuroscience
Despite the emphasis on equality in China's state‐owned enterprises, analysis of data collectedfrom 900 Chinese in 10 state‐owned enterprises indicated that statistically significant pay differencesexist between male and female employees. However, differences between male and female employees'perceptions of equity in these enterprises were found to be statistically significant only among thoseemployees with fewer years of work experience and those with lower levels of technical skills. Perceptions ofequity were also found to be related to the job satisfaction of both male and female employees. These resultsare discussed within the context of the Maoist ideology of egalitarianism and the post‐Tiananmenmovement toward the forging of links between employee compensation and performance. © 2002 WileyPeriodicals, Inc.