How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 587-593

  Kiatpongsan, Sorapop ^a,b   Norton, Michael I ^c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural; fairness; income; inequality; justice; pay

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911212612     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691614549773     Document Type: Article

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