Division director versus CEO compensation: New insights into the determinants of executive pay

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1047-1077

  Santaló, Juan ^a   Kock, Carl Joachim ^a  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compensation structure; Incentive pay; Monitoring; Strategic business unit managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249106116     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308329965     Document Type: Article

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