Minding the gap: Asymmetric effects of pay dispersion on stakeholder engagement in corporate environmental (Ir)responsibility

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Ying, TONG, Li, LI, Ji
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: asymmetric effect; corporate environmental irresponsibility; corporate environmental responsibility; equity perspective; horizontal pay dispersion; social comparison; tournament effect; vertical pay dispersion; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6702; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7701/viewcontent/MindingGap_AsymPay_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

How does pay dispersion affect corporate environmental performance? Building on the tournament effect and equity perspective, we theorize that vertical pay dispersion and horizontal pay dispersion can impinge on corporate environmental performance. We develop the theoretical argument that vertical p...