Evaluating Pay Equity in Michigan: A Strategic Choice Perspective

The strategic choice model provides one framework for analyzing pay equity reform in the public sector. Michigan was experiencing many of the same political and economic forces as other state civil services implementing comparable worth. However, the institutional structure of civil service industri...

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Published in:Industrial relations (Berkeley) 1995-04, Vol.34 (2), p.263-281
Main Author: FIGART, DEBORAH M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bargaining
Case studies
Civil service
Civil services
Classification
Comparable worth
Employment
Employment interviews
Equal pay
Equity
Evaluation
Feminism
Gender
Government employees
Labor relations
Labor unions
Michigan
Pay
Political activism
Public sector
Reforms
Sex discrimination
State employees
State government
Studies
Task forces
U.S.A
USA
Wage differential
Wages & salaries
Women
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Summary:The strategic choice model provides one framework for analyzing pay equity reform in the public sector. Michigan was experiencing many of the same political and economic forces as other state civil services implementing comparable worth. However, the institutional structure of civil service industrial relations, coupled with the values of officials, undermined the reform process. Rather than adjusting relative wage rates to reflect the new Equitable Classification Plan, civil service officials reaffirmed market criteria in wage setting.
ISSN:0019-8676
1468-232X
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-232X.1995.tb00372.x