| The purpose of this study is to add to the research concerning compensation within the educational setting with regard to the effect of gender on pay and on pay satisfaction for a particular focal position (i.e., middle school principal). The study involves regression analysis utilizing human capital variables, organizational characteristics, and job-related factors found in previous research (e.g., Castaneda, 2008), as well as three organizational characteristics related to student achievement that were introduced in the present study (i.e., PI status, percent EL, and percent free/reduced meals). Pay satisfaction between female principals and male principals was assessed using composite scores from a widely used satisfaction survey (i.e., MSQ).The regression model resulting from this study explained 38% of the variance in the daily gross pay of middle school principals in California. However, no significant difference was found between the daily gross pay of female middle school principals and male middle school principals and no significant contribution to the variance in daily gross pay of middle school principals was attributable to student achievement (as measured by PI status). In addition, no significant difference was found between the pay satisfaction of female middle school principals and the pay satisfaction of male middle school principals receiving less than the average daily gross pay of middle school principals in the State of California (as measured by a subscale of the MSQ). |
