When are bonus payments for managers perceived as fair? Results from a quasi-experiment

Gesine Stephan, Matthias Dütsch, Cathrin Gückelhorn and Olaf Struck

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 125, issue 1, 130-133

Abstract: We investigate under which circumstances bonus payments for managers are accepted as fair, asking workers to judge several hypothetical scenarios. We find that perceptions vary widely with the characteristics of the situation, as well as with the workers’ general attitudes.

Keywords: Managerial compensation; Bonus payments; Justice perceptions; Fairness; Quasi-experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J33 J53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.08.012

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