The Structure of Middle Management Remuneration Packages: An Application to Australian Mine Managers

Pamela Kent, Michael Siu and Julie Walker
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Pamela Kent: Commerce Department, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Brisbane.
Michael Siu: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
Julie Walker: Commerce Department, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Brisbane.

Australian Journal of Management, 2001, vol. 26, issue 2, 107-124

Abstract: This paper investigates the composition of remuneration packages for middle managers and relates the structure of remuneration contracts to firm-specific attributes. A statutorily defined position in a single industry is studied as an example of middle management. This allows us to control for differences in task complexity across managers and industry-induced factors that could determine differences in remuneration contracts. Higher-risk firms are expected to pay their mine managers a greater proportion of variable salaries and market and/or accounting-based compensation than low-risk firms. Results indicate that high-risk firms pay a higher proportion of variable salaries and more compensation based on market and/or accounting performance.

Keywords: MANAGEMENT REMUNERATION PACKAGES; INCENTIVES; RISK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1177/031289620102600202

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