Make More Money!

Robin Pinkley, management and organizations professor at SMU's Cox School of Business, talks about how women could earn more money by learning what their work is really worth.

By Cari Wira Dineen

Often, women undervalue themselves when it comes to getting paid. Why? "Women tend to think their worth is based on what someone's willing to pay them, while men determine it for themselves," says Robin Pinkley, PhD, professor of management and organizations at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Studies show that asking for what you want does indeed get you more. The first step: figuring out your worth. Here's how to do exactly that....