Gender Equity Within Faculty Salaries at Southwest Missouri State University

The purpose of this thesis was to assess the amount of unique variance that gender accounts for in predicting faculty salaries at Southwest Missouri State University. The predictor variables included were gender, rank, time in rank, department, years at SMSU, award of tenure, administrative appointment (department head, dean, associate dean), clinical appointment, appointment type (9 or 12 month), graduate faculty membership, and number of university/college awards. Archival data from 2001-02 (n=751) were used. When entered last in a hierarchical regression, gender was a significant predictor of unique variance. The model accounted for 87.3% of variance without gender, and with gender added, accounted for 87.4% of variance (both adjusted for shrinkage). Methodological issue, possible explanations for salary variance, and directions for future research were explored.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2003

Author dc:creator

• Fischer, Melanie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Skip Phelps

• Psychology

Statement dc:rights

• © Melanie Fischer

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/916

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1917