CEO pay for performance sensitivity in the restaurant industry: What makes it move?

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-177

  Madanoglu, Melih ^a   Karadag, Ersem ^b  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Pay for performance; Pay sensitivity; Restaurant industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650092002     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15378020801995580     Document Type: Article

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