AA OFFICER SALARIES AND MANAGERIAL DIVERSITY - EFFICIENCY WAGES OR STATUS

This paper examines how the salary paid to the chief affirmative actio n officer affects the amount of change in the racial and gender compos ition of senior administrative positions. An efficiency wage perspecti ve and a status perspective are used to derive predictions about the e ffect of affirmative action officer salary on the pace of integration. These predictions are tested on a sample of 821 U.S. colleges and uni versities in 1978-79 and 1983-84. The results provide support for the status perspective but not for the efficiency wage perspective. The re sults also demonstrate the effects of leadership and institutional con text on the pace of integration.