Onwards and upwards: Why companies change their executive remuneration schemes, and why this leads to increases in pay

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 709-723

  Bender, Ruth ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Change; Executive remuneration; Expectancy; Performance related pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748816906     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00609.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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