The Legitimacy of CEO Pay: The Discourse of Telecom, the Media and the Public (2011)

Type of Content
Discussion / Working PapersPublisher
University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information SystemsCollections
- Business: Working Papers [225]
Abstract
This paper investigates how Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd (Telecom) managed its legitimacy after announcing the Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO’s) pay in 2009 as well as the media’s and public’s reaction to Telecom’s announcement. The findings show that Telecom, the media and the public use the same remuneration logics to justify their positions. These remuneration logics are used to both justify and criticise Telecom’s CEO’s pay, although the media’s and public’s arguments are often unsophisticated and focus on the absolute level of CEO pay. Telecom is able to maintain its legitimacy through the use of well-structured, sophisticated arguments.
Citation
Tan, V., Crombie, N.A. (2011) The Legitimacy of CEO Pay: The Discourse of Telecom, the Media and the Public. 51pp.This citation is automatically generated and may be unreliable. Use as a guide only.
Keywords
executive remuneration; legitimacy theory; content analysisANZSRC Fields of Research
15 - Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services::1503 - Business and Management::150303 - Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement14 - Economics::1402 - Applied Economics::140211 - Labour Economics
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