An Introduction to Executive Compensation
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: February 28, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780120771264
Subjects: Business negotiation; Personnel & human resources management; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Executives; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Science/Mathematics; Salaries, etc; Leadership; Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics / Finance; Finance; General; Management - General
First sentence: Compensation paid to the top executives of publicly traded corporations is a politically sensitive area, with critics claiming that amounts paid executives are too high (e.g., Crystal 1991), and corporations arguing they need to pay well to attract, retain, and motivate quality people (e.g., Kay 1998).