Social comparisons and pay evaluations: Preferences for same-sex and same-job wage comparisons

New directions in equity research.

Elaine Walster, Ellen Berscheid, G. William Walster · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1973 · 1.7K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +7

Social Comparison Processes: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives.

Thomas F. Pettigrew, Jerry Suls, Richard L. Miller · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1979 · 1.2K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +13

A Formal Interpretation of the Theory of Relative Deprivation

James Davis · Sociometry · 1959 · 447 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Sociology +11

An examination of referents used in the evaluation of pay

Paul S. Goodman · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance · 1974 · 376 citations

Management, Accounting, Budget Evaluation +4

Women, Work and Wages: Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value, <i>by Donald J. Treiman and Heidi I. Hartmann</i>

Cynthia B. Lloyd · Political Science Quarterly · 1982 · 301 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Sociology +16