TY - JOUR
T1 - New perspectives on the governance of executive compensation
T2 - an examination of the role and effect of compensation consultants
AU - Conyon, Martin J.
AU - Peck, Simon I.
AU - Sadler, Graham V.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - We develop a multi-theoretic approach, drawing on economic, institutional, managerial power and social comparison literatures to explain the role of the external compensation consultant in the top management pay setting institutional field. Taking advantage of recent disclosure requirements in the UK, we collect data on compensation consultant use in 232 large companies. We show that consultants are a prevalent part of the CEO pay setting scene, and document evidence of all advisor use. Our econometric results show that consultant use is associated with firm size and the equity pay mix. We also show that CEO pay is positively associated with peer firms that share consultants, with higher board and consultant interlocks, and some evidence that where firms supply other business services to the firm, CEO pay is greater.
AB - We develop a multi-theoretic approach, drawing on economic, institutional, managerial power and social comparison literatures to explain the role of the external compensation consultant in the top management pay setting institutional field. Taking advantage of recent disclosure requirements in the UK, we collect data on compensation consultant use in 232 large companies. We show that consultants are a prevalent part of the CEO pay setting scene, and document evidence of all advisor use. Our econometric results show that consultant use is associated with firm size and the equity pay mix. We also show that CEO pay is positively associated with peer firms that share consultants, with higher board and consultant interlocks, and some evidence that where firms supply other business services to the firm, CEO pay is greater.
KW - Consultants
KW - Executive compensation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78751585478&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10997-009-9117-6
U2 - 10.1007/s10997-009-9117-6
DO - 10.1007/s10997-009-9117-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78751585478
SN - 1385-3457
VL - 15
SP - 29
EP - 58
JO - Journal of Management and Governance
JF - Journal of Management and Governance
IS - 1
ER -