Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-19-2018
Abstract
Employment research has asked diverse questions about job satisfaction, gender appropriate work, wage and compensation satisfaction and parity, and advancement. Most existing research has explored gender discrimination in traditional professions such as engineering, law, education, and medicine; notably absent is the billion dollar industry of sport. This research sought to remedy that shortcoming by exploring attitudes towards wage equality across gender for eight different professions, including coaching positions and that of a professional athlete. Survey results found that most respondents were in favor of wage equality across all professions, but the sport professions showed the greatest amount of variation. Differences in attitude were attributed to a respondent’s gender, personal sport participation, and gender majority of the profession they would be entering. Additionally, qualitative responses indicated that revenue/profit factors and outcome-based considerations were influential in making attitude determinations.
Publication Information
Dane-Staples, Emily (2018). "Update in Attitudes Towards Wage Equality in Gendered Professions." The Sport Journal .
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This item has been posted with permission from The Sport Journal. It was originally published as:
Dane-Staples, E. (19 June 2018). “Update in attitudes towards wage equality in gendered professions.” The Sport Journal. Available at: http://thesportjournal.org/article/update-in-attitudes-towards-wage-equality-in-gendered-professions/