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Perceptions of executive pay: does pay enhance a leader's aura?
Author(s) -
Miller Janice S.,
Wiseman Robert M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.110
Subject(s) - executive compensation , prestige , psychology , promotion (chess) , perception , compensation (psychology) , social psychology , assertion , test (biology) , management , political science , economics , law , computer science , paleontology , biology , programming language , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience , politics
This study used policy capturing to test the ‘figurehead’ assertion that executive pay level contributes to followers' perceptions of a leader's ability. Findings indicated human capital factors including promotion history, degree earned and university prestige all furnished more explanation than pay for CEO ratings. Results challenged the underlying logic of figurehead explanations for executive compensation to the rank and file. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.