Study: Female managers tend to pay more fairly
Created: 08/31/2022, 14:21
By: Carina Blumenroth
Managers have different remuneration policies.
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A non-representative study by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) provides new insights into the remuneration of employees.
When it comes to a reasonable wage, there are different reference levels that play a role.
Among other things, this is the market, which depends on supply and demand; on the other hand, there is also the productivity and needs of the employees.
Managers' decisions are also a major factor.
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have found out how these can be guided when determining wages.
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Based on gender: Differences in pay
Using different tests, the researchers found out which factors play a key role in the remuneration of employees.
For this, the participants were divided into two different groups, one group took on the role of manager, the other took on the role of employee.
The workers were asked to assemble and disassemble 100 ballpoint pens - this task took an hour.
The managers should decide how much money the workers get for the job.
Up to 21 euros could be awarded for this, one group of managers could keep the remainder, while the remainder of the other group went back into the research pot.
Particularly different behaviors between male and female managers were noticed.
Compensation: Personal benefit and gender matters
wages to employees | Equity management | research pot | |
|---|---|---|---|
managers | 8.54 euros | 12.46 euros | / |
Manager | 7.59 euros | 13.41 euros | / |
managers | 9.44 euros | / | 11.56 euros |
Manager | 11.10 euros | / | 9.90 euros |
The results show differences in the incentive system, but also gender-specific differences in salary determination.
In this context, the biggest differences can be found among the managers. If, in the example, they finance themselves, they set a significantly lower wage for the employees.
The differences among female managers are not so different.
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Author of the study: “Women are more selfless”
This result surprised the author of the study: "Various studies have observed that women make decisions more selflessly and morally than men.
However, we were shocked at how drastic the discrepancy was here,” says Nora Szech, Professor of Political Economy at the KIT Institute of Economics.
Overall, this suggests that a more diverse board of directors can help a company achieve near pay equity.
This is based on information from a KIT press release.
presentation in the study
The employment relationship was presented in an extremely simplified manner in the study; according to the specialist magazine
Haufe
, other factors such as market comparisons are added in the real world.
The results are not representative, but are still relevant in order to initiate a debate on fair wages.
As
Haufe
reports, many CEOs have studied at the KIT, which is why the institute is regarded as a training ground for cadres.
