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  3. Pay Transparency: Antecedents, Processes, and Effects Pay Transparency: Antecedents, Processes, and Effects

Pay Transparency: Antecedents, Processes, and Effects

How much pay transparency is beneficial – and under what conditions? The project explores how pay transparency is designed and implemented in organizations and what it means for employees and organizations.

Brief information

Status:

Ongoing

Period:

01.01.2018 - 01.01.2030

Overview

The project focuses on its antecedents, implementation processes, and effects of pay transparency on employees and organizations. It examines how organizations design and communicate pay transparency practices and how employees perceive and respond to them. A particular focus is placed on different forms and levels of transparency and their effects on fairness perceptions, employee attitudes, and behaviors. The project includes several studies and publications that contribute to a better understanding of when and how pay transparency can benefit employees and organizations.

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Facts

Type of project

Forschung

Internal organisations involved
  • CC Business Development, Leadership and HR (IBR UFP)
External project partner
  • Universität Luzern
Funding
  • Forschungsfinanzierung allgemein
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Among other things, this project contributes to the attainment of the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
  • SDG 5: Gender Equality
    Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
  • SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
    Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
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Persons involved: internal

Project manager
  • Anna Sender
Member of project team
  • Anja Feierabend
  • Ines Junginger
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Persons involved: external

External member of project team
  • Alexandra Arnold

Publications

  • Article, review; peer reviewed (4)

    • Arnold, Alexandra; Feierabend, Anja; Sender, Anna & Fulmer, Ingrid (2026). Employee Initiative in Pay Information Disclosure: Antecedents of Internal and External Pay Information Seeking. Compensation & Benefits Review,

    • Grund, Christian; Allen, David; Brandl, Julia; Gerlach, Philipp; Mollet, Patrick; Moritz, Ingrid; Sender, Anna & von Kretschmann, Caroline (2025). Practice forum on pay disclosure. German Journal of Human Resource Management, (39(3)), 224-247.

    • Brandl, Julia; Allen, David; Grund, Christian & Sender, Anna (2025). A new look at pay disclosure: Employee initiatives, multiple perspectives, and voids in legal rules. German Journal of Human Resource Management, (39(3)), 179-197.

    • Arnold, Alexandra; Sender, Anna; Fulmer, Ingrid & Allen, David (2024). Variable Pay Transparency in Organizations: When are Organizations More Likely to Open Up About Pay? Compensation and Benefits Review, (56/1), 16-36.

  • Article, review; not peer reviewed (8)

    • Buser, Sarah & Sender, Anna (15.07.2025). Er bezahlt sich 18’600 Franken im Monat, und alle wissen es (Autorin: Sarah Buser; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender). Der Bund, 17.

    • Fischer, Tina & Sender, Anna (05.03.2024). Wenn die Angestellten dem Chef die Lohnerhöhung verweigern (Autorin Tina Fischer; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender). Handelszeitung,

    • Sender, Anna & Feierabend, Anja (01.09.2023). Schritt zur Lohntransparenz wagen. personalSCHWEIZ - Das Magazin für die Schweizer Personalpraxis, (7), 22-23.

    • Minetti, Maurizio & Sender, Anna (07.06.2023). Lohnangabe im Jobinserat? (Autor Maurizio Minetti; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender). Luzerner Zeitung, 9.

    • Gillies, Constantin & Sender, Anna (19.05.2023). Schluss mit der Geheimhaltung: Der Ruf nach Lohntransparenz wird lauter (Autor: Constantin Gilles; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender). Handelszeitung, 21.

    • Zürcher, Christian & Sender, Anna (24.04.2023). Für mich 140’000 Franken, bitte! Neue Formen der Lohntransparenz (Autor Christian Zürcher; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender). Tagesanzeiger, 3.

    • Keusch, Nelly & Sender, Anna (07.11.2022). Wie viel ist meine Arbeitskraft wert? Bei «self-set salaries» übernehmen die Mitarbeiter die Gehaltsverhandlungen (Autorin: Nelly Keusch; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender). NZZ, 25.

    • Weinmann, Benjamin & Sender, Anna (19.10.2022). Wenn der Lohn von Anfang an bekannt ist (Autor: Benjamin Weinmann; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender). Luzerner Zeitung, 10.

  • Chapter/legal commentary/lexicon article (1)

    • Ligthart, Paul; Poutsma, Eric; Sender, Anna & Miedtank, Tina (2023). Compensation & Benefits. In CRANET Research Network (Hrsg.), Cranet Executive Report on International Human Resource Management: Summary and Analysis of 2021-2022 Survey Data (S. 28-33). USA: CRANET.

  • Report/working paper (1)

    • Arnold, Alexandra; Fulmer, Ingrid; Sender, Anna; Allen, David & Staffelbach, Bruno (2018). Compensation and pay transparency practices in Switzerland: Survey report 2018 (Bericht).

  • Other publication formats (3)

    • Winkelmann, Rahel & Sender, Anna (23.04.2025). Lohntransparenz in der Schweiz: Immernoch ein Tabu-Thema (10 vor 10) (Autorin Rahel Winkelmann; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender) [Fernsehsendung]. https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-vor-10/video/10-vor-10-vom-22-04-2025?urn=urn:srf:video:d21674fb-713a-4cd3-8aa5-8bada90ee93f&startTime=373

    • Frenzer, Cederic & Sender, Anna (14.12.2023). Lohntransparenz: Ein Paradigmenwechsel im Recruiting? (Autor: Cederic Frenzer; Experteninterview mit Anna Sender).

    • Sender, Anna & Arnold, Alexandra (28.10.2023). Weshalb wir nicht über unseren Lohn sprechen...(Youtube channel: Future of Work, Patrick Mollet) [Podcast]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXy2G9wB5E

  • Presentation (conference/report/lectures) (3)

    • Sender, Anna & Feierabend, Anja (22.11.2023). Lohntransparenz: Entwicklungen, Aspekte und Auswirkungen. ERFA-Kreis zum Thema Compensation Management, Zürich.

    • Arnold, Alexandra; Fulmer, Ingrid & Sender, Anna (07.08.2020). How does pay transparency affect pay knowledge and pay satisfaction? A field intervention study. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, online.

    • Arnold, Alexandra; Fulmer, Ingrid & Sender, Anna (13.12.2019). Understanding the interplay among pay system characteristics, pay transparency practices and outcomes: An organization-level perspective. EIASM Reward Management Conference, Brussels, Belgium.

Brief information

Status:

Ongoing

Period:

01/01/2018 - 01/01/2030

Project Head

Prof. Dr. Anna Sender

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