The Fragmented State and Due Process Protections in Organizations: The Case of Comparable Worth

Rikki Abzug and Stephen J. Mezias
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Rikki Abzug: Program on Non-Profit Organizations, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
Stephen J. Mezias: Stern School, New York University, Department of Management and Organizational Behavior, 44 West 4th St., Room 7-55, New York, New York 10012

Organization Science, 1993, vol. 4, issue 3, 433-453

Abstract: This analysis starts with models of the diffusion of due process protections in organizations that emphasize the role of the state, especially those from the institutional perspective. The case of equal pay for work of comparable value is used to develop propositions concerning important additions to current models of the expansion of due process protections in the workplace. First, we suggest that models of the nation-state should include an explicit recognition that the progressiveness of public policy varies over time. Second, we suggest that models of the nation-state should include explicit recognition of the fact that state authority is fragmented by the separation of powers and the partition of federal and local authority. Implications for future theory and empirical study that follow from these additions to current models are discussed.

Keywords: due process protections; workplace rights; institutional theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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