Among the internal and external environmental influences on human resource management, no other issue has more social, political, and economic implications than comparable worth. Identified as “the working women's issue of the 1980s” (Hutner, 1986; Willborn, 1986), comparable worth grew out of the recognition that increasing numbers of women are entering the workforce, that sex segregation exists in the labor force, and that working women are generally paid less than working men. Through a series of articles the authors present the history, current status, and emerging issues pertaining to this issue.
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