Name for the situation where employers compensate certain employees at levels that are unfair relative to other employees in the same organization. Compare external inequity. See equity theory.
INTERNAL INEQUITY: "Internal inequity was seen in the bonuses of men working on the same production line."
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "INTERNAL INEQUITY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/internal-inequity/ (accessed January 19, 2021).
