Employee willingness to relocate can have a major impact on individual career advancement as well as organizational human resource policies. The present study examines the relationship of career andfamily-relatedfactors to the lowest percentage pay increase required to relocate to another city or state for males andfemales. The results support previous studies concerning gender differences. However; gender does not remain as a significant predictor of willingness to relocate when controlling for other career andfamily-relatedfactors.
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