Chief executive (CEO) compensation is a potent instrument through which theorists can
improve their understanding of organization substance and symbol. This paper reviews and …

This book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic
leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. The basic …

This paper provides an overview of the existing theoretical and empirical work on the
provision of incentives. It reviews the costs and benefits of many types of pay-for …

Like the rest of us, corporate managers have many personal goals and ambitions, only one
of which is to get rich. The way they try to run their companies reflects these personal goals …

The author, using 1981–86 data on more than 16,000 managers at 250 large corporations,
investigates whether the sensitivity of managerial compensation to corporate performance in …

This study examines the effects of executive compensation policy and organizational
structure on the performance of 439 large US corporations between 1981 and 1985 …

Executive stock option plans have asymmetric payoffs that could induce managers to take
on more risk. Evidence from traded call options and stock return data supports this notion …

This study examines the performance implications of the fit between strategic orientations
and incentive plan characteristics. Research hypotheses are based on a framework that …

Kruse details the reasons profit sharing plans are implemented and the systemic factors
within firms, particularly in relation to unions, that influence whether or not they are …

This up-to-date, research-oriented textbook focuses on the relationship between
compensation systems and firm overall performance. In contrast to more traditional …