CEO Compensation Strategies: Consequences on the Structure and Management of Executive Pay

Autor: Trepo, Georges, El Akremi, Assaad, Roussel, Patrice
Přispěvatelé: HEC Paris - Recherche - Hors Laboratoire, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris), Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Université de Tunis El Manar (UTM), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de recherche sur les Ressources Humaines et l'Emploi (LIRHE), Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Haldemann, Antoine
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2001
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Popis: Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC Paris, n° 741; The aim of this research is to study compensation strategies for Chief Executive Officers (CEO) from various economic, political and symbolic perspectives. A theoretical model was developed to study the hypothetical influence of several phenomena suggested by theoretical work on executive compensation. An empirical study was carried out in France on a sample of 106 chief executives from firms amongst the top 700 rated by sales. A structural equation model was tested using Lisrel. The results suggest that agency theory offers a priori the most solid explanation of CEO compensation because of the links observed between the control exercised by the Principal, the intensity of short-term incentives and the sensitivity of direct pay to performance. A detailed analysis of the results also seems to provide substantial support for political and symbolic perspectives. The balance of power between board members and top executives seems to be a determining factor in the determination of the structure and management of CEO compensation. The results of the research suggest that the political perspective remains coherent with agency theory by supposing that CEOs can be tempted to make use of their privileged position concerning compensation decisions.
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