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Person-Organization Fit and Incentives: A Causal Test

Andersson, Ola; Huysentruyt, Marieke; Miettinen, Topi; … - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

We investigate the effects of organizational culture and personal value orientations on performance under individual and team contest incentives. We develop a model of regard for others and in-group favoritism predicting interaction effects between organizational culture and personal values in...

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Globalization of Corporate Covernance: The American Influence on Dismissal Performance Sensitivity of European CEOs

Jungeilges, Jochen A.; Oxelheim, Lars; Randoy, Trond - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

This study examines how globalization of corporate governance practices influence the risk of European CEOs being dismissed. We argue that the harsh monitoring of the American corporate governance system spills over to the rest of the world as a result of this globalization. We focus on direct...

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How to Avoid Compensating CEO for Luck: The Case of Microeconomic Fluctuations

Oxelheim, Lars; Wihlborg, Clas; Zhang, Jianhua - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

Incentive effects of performance-based compensation schemes for management may be weakened or biased by macroeconomic influences on remuneration. These influences can be seen as reflecting luck from the CEO’s perspective. In this chapter we present a model for how to avoid compensating CEO for...

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Why Are There So Few Female Top Executives in Egalitarian Welfare States?

Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

We identify pertinent institutions governing the structure of payoffs with regard to female career progression. Drawing on recent insights in behavioral economics, we hypothesize that interactions between psychological mechanisms and the institutional setup may be important determinants of...

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Executive Compensation and Macroeconomic Fluctuations

Oxelheim, Lars; Wihlborg, Clas; Zhang, Jianhoa - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

Macroeconomic fluctuations affect corporations’ performance through demand and cost conditions. Incentive effects of performance-based compensation schemes for management may be weakened or biased by macroeconomic influences if management is unable to forecast macroeconomic fluctuations or...

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Globalization of Monitoring Practices: The Case of American Influences on the Dismissal Risk of European CEOs

Oxelheim, Lars; Randoy, Trond - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

This study examines globalization of monitoring practices by focusing on how American (U.S.) influences on European firms impact the dismissal risk for these firms' CEOs. Specifically, we argue that the stronger short term orientation of the American corporate governance system increase the...

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Do Entrenched Managers Pay Their Workers More?

Svaleryd, helena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2005

find that entrenched managers pay their workers more. For example, our estimates show that CEOs with more control rights … as evidence of agency problems between shareholders and managers affecting workers’ pay. The findings do not appear to be … with an agency model in which entrenched managers pay high wages because they come with private benefits, such as lower …

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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and toward multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division...

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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations.

Lindbeck, A.; Snower, D.J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

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The Effects of Internationalization on CEO Compensation

Oxelheim, Lars; Randoy, Trond - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004

This study examines the relation between the internationalization of firms and CEO compensation. Starting from a sample of Norwegian and Swedish listed firms we analyze the effects of internationalization as manifest in the capital market (international cross-listing), the market for corporate...

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