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Session 220

Perspectives on CEO Compensation

Track O

Date: Monday, October 5, 2015

Track X

Time: 11:15 – 12:30

Paper

Room: Director's Row E

Session Chair:

  • Cynthia E Devers, Texas A&M University

Title: An Institutional View on Pay Dispersion between CEOs and Workers across Countries

Authors

  • Thomas Greckhamer, Louisiana State University

Abstract: How CEOs are compensated in relation to rank and file employees is of increasing interest for research on executive compensation and strategy. This study contributes to our understanding of cross-national differences in pay dispersion between CEOs and workers by exploring how they are shaped by key country-level institutions of social power structures. Using the configurational approach Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) to analyze a cross-national dataset, this study identifies institutional configurations that are consistently linked to high pay dispersion and its absence, respectively. These findings have important implications for theory and research on executive compensation.

Title: Impact of Social Comparison of Top Management Team’s Relative Pay and Economic Environment on Firm Risk Taking

Authors

  • Elizabeth Lim, Georgia State University

Abstract: The influence of CEO pay on firm outcomes has been well-studied in the compensation and behavioral agency literatures. However, research on the pay of non-CEO decision-makers or how the social comparisons of their relative pay with industry referents affect firm outcomes remains scarce. Extending the behavioral agency model and social comparison theory, we seek to address this gap by developing a theoretical model in the context of top management team pay and analyzing how social comparisons of relative TMT stock and option wealth impact firm risk taking. We also consider the moderating influences of environmental munificence and dynamism to assess the theoretical boundary conditions. The empirical results offer considerable support for our hypotheses.

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