Determinants of Executive Compensation in Public Universities: An Exploratory Study of Australian Vice Chancellors

This study focuses on the pay determinants of Australian Vice Chancellors (VCs), in public owned universities using a specially constructed database over a 3 year time period. It aims to establish the degree of alignment between university outcomes and the pay of its VC. As with typical CEO pay stud...

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Main Authors: Evans, Robert, Preston, Alison, Evans, John
Other Authors: Chrysovaladis Prachalias
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Research and Training Institute of East Aegean, Greece 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3331
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author Evans, Robert
Preston, Alison
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description This study focuses on the pay determinants of Australian Vice Chancellors (VCs), in public owned universities using a specially constructed database over a 3 year time period. It aims to establish the degree of alignment between university outcomes and the pay of its VC. As with typical CEO pay studies it investigates size and profitability factors as predictors, however in line with the University mission it adds unique university measures of research and teaching excellence. The study finds pay to be linked to research output, low student to staff ratios and the proportion of student income derived from international students. In contrast to most private sector CEO pay studies, measures of size and profitability, although positively related to pay, are not significant.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-33312017-01-30T10:30:15Z Determinants of Executive Compensation in Public Universities: An Exploratory Study of Australian Vice Chancellors Evans, Robert Preston, Alison Evans, John Chrysovaladis Prachalias executive compensation university Pay remuneration This study focuses on the pay determinants of Australian Vice Chancellors (VCs), in public owned universities using a specially constructed database over a 3 year time period. It aims to establish the degree of alignment between university outcomes and the pay of its VC. As with typical CEO pay studies it investigates size and profitability factors as predictors, however in line with the University mission it adds unique university measures of research and teaching excellence. The study finds pay to be linked to research output, low student to staff ratios and the proportion of student income derived from international students. In contrast to most private sector CEO pay studies, measures of size and profitability, although positively related to pay, are not significant. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3331 Research and Training Institute of East Aegean, Greece restricted
spellingShingle executive compensation
university
Pay
remuneration
Evans, Robert
Preston, Alison
Evans, John
Determinants of Executive Compensation in Public Universities: An Exploratory Study of Australian Vice Chancellors
title Determinants of Executive Compensation in Public Universities: An Exploratory Study of Australian Vice Chancellors
title_full Determinants of Executive Compensation in Public Universities: An Exploratory Study of Australian Vice Chancellors
title_fullStr Determinants of Executive Compensation in Public Universities: An Exploratory Study of Australian Vice Chancellors
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of Executive Compensation in Public Universities: An Exploratory Study of Australian Vice Chancellors
title_short Determinants of Executive Compensation in Public Universities: An Exploratory Study of Australian Vice Chancellors
title_sort determinants of executive compensation in public universities: an exploratory study of australian vice chancellors
topic executive compensation
university
Pay
remuneration
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3331