David Burkus | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016 | Book
Included in my book is an entire chapter that examines the trend of salary transparency in companies, including an interview with organizational leaders and a survey of the available research on the benefits and drawbacks of moving toward transparency.
Gowri Ramachandran | Penn State Law Review, Vol. 116, No. 4, p. 1043, 2012 | Article
Ramachandran outlines a persuasive legal case to pursue pay transparency as a proactive measure to eliminate discrimination (as opposed to the mostly reactive manner we’re currently using).
David Smith | Harvard Business Review, December 2015. | Article
PayScale and HBR recently published a fascinating study of over 70,000 employees and found that most people are unsure of how their pay compares to others and feel that they’re being underpaid.
Adam Conover | Adam Ruins Everything | Watch
Shortly after I finished the manuscript for my book, a friend sent me a link to this short comedy video. Adam lays out a similar, albeit more comical (and somewhat crude) version of the case for pay transparency.
Radio Free Leader | David Burkus | Listen
In this interview entrepreneur Dane Atkinson, we discuss how to bring more transparency to any organization.