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    Remuneration Logics: How Large U.S. Firms Justify Ceo Pay

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    Crombie, N.A.
    Alam, S.
    Tan, V.
    Date
    2010
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4734

    Purpose: The legitimacy of CEO pay in large U.S. firms has been repeatedly challenged in first decade of the 21st century. However, increases in CEO pay have continued to outpace corresponding changes in firm size and performance. This paper studies how large U.S. firms employ remuneration logics to legitimise CEO pay. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis is used to identify 13 remuneration logics used in the 1998 and 2007 proxy statements from the largest 50 U.S. firms as well as 18 codes of practice issued between 1994 and 2007. Findings: The remuneration policies of U.S. firms have become increasingly homogenous over time. In 2007, all firms studied used the human resources, market and pay-for-performance logics to justify CEO pay. While firms use the remuneration logics to strategically manage their legitimacy, coercive and normative pressures are driving firms towards uniformity in their remuneration policies. Originality/value: Legitimacy and institutional theory are used to understand and explain organisational discourse on executive remuneration.

    Subjects
    corporate governance
     
    executive remuneration
     
    legitimacy theory
     
    institutional theory
     
    Fields of Research
     
    Field of Research::14 - Economics::1402 - Applied Economics::140211 - Labour Economics
     
    Field of Research::15 - Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services::1503 - Business and Management::150303 - Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement
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