Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether CEO future focus leads to improvements in the CSP. Although there has been extensive research on the antecedents of CSP, little has addressed the role of CEOs' subjective biases in determining how future time frames affect CSP. This study fills...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate changes in the economic importance of performance-related-pay (PRP) in Britain through the 2000s using firm-level data. Design/methodology/approach – The authors utilise nationally representative, monthly data on the total wage bill and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate empirically the relationship between workforce age, wage and productivity at the firm level. Design/methodology/approach – Panel data techniques are applied to Belgian data on private sector workers and firms during 1999-2006. Findings –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate empirically the relationship between workforce age, wage and productivity at the firm level. Design/methodology/approach – Panel data techniques are applied to Belgian data on private sector workers and firms during 1999‐2006. Findings –...

Purpose – This study aims to analyse the gender pay gap among CEOs, VPs and potential top executives. The authors seek to analyse how much of the gap is explained by differences in individual characteristics and how much is explained by firm characteristics and discriminatory processes....

Purpose – This paper seeks to make the case for new research into the perceived fairness and impact of executive pay. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the literature regarding executive compensation and corporate performance and examines the evidence that a more egalitarian...

Purpose – This paper aims to derive firm value implications for various kinds of employee stock options (ESOs) in a framework that considers uncertainty, non-diversification and the US statutory tax treatment. Design/methodology/approach – The authors extend the analysis of ESOs from the...