The performance pay race
Tags: EXECUTIVE compensation; PAY for performance; PERFORMANCE awards
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- Measured success? Pachetti, Nick // Money;May2002, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p22
Discusses two studies released in March 2002 which show the first decrease in executive pay in a decade. Conclusions of Pearl Meyer & Partners as well as the 'Wall Street Journal' and consulting firm William Mercer; View that both studies seem to suggest the idea of pay for performance is...
- Compensation & Recruitment. // Corporate Board;May/Jun2012, Vol. 33 Issue 194, p26
The article reports on the findings of survey on compensation and recruitment conducted by Mercer. It notes that shareholders, advocates, and regulators continue to demand pay for performance with the renewed economic volatility and more companies were making changes to plan performance...
- Pay-for-performance bonuses are on the rise. Frazee, Valerie // Personnel Journal;Oct96, Vol. 75 Issue 10, p22
Reports on increasing salaries and bonuses for executives in manufacturing companies in the United States, based on performance. 30 percent increase in bonuses paid as of October 1996; Merit pay as an incentive for better performance among executives.
- HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL. Zeller, Shawn // Government Executive;10/15/2004, Vol. 36 Issue 18, p42
The article focuses on the reform of the Senior Executive Service. It gives agencies freedom to boost executive salaries and dole out more generous bonuses. Support for changes is strong among senior executives, according to a government Executive survey, even as most say the pay cap increases...
- A Worthy Bonus. Rollins, Gina // H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks;Sep2004, Vol. 78 Issue 9, p32
Illustrates the increasing popularity of pay for performance among hospital executives in the U.S. Reason behind the decision of Marinette, Wisconsin-based Bay Area Medical Center to revamped its executive compensation system in 1999; Remarks from Gary Yates, executive medical director for...
- CEOs See More of Their Pay Tied to Real Goals. // NACD Directorship;Apr2006, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p5
Relates the findings of a study released by Mercer Human Resource Consulting in April 2006, regarding the pay-for-performance trend for CEOs in the U.S. Number of U.S. companies in the previous year that tied at least some portion of the equity they doled out to top executives to performance...
- PAY FOR BANKER PERFORMANCE: STRUCTURING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION FOR RISK REGULATION. Tung, Frederick // Northwestern University Law Review;Summer2011, Vol. 105 Issue 3, p1205
In this Article, I introduce a new approach to banker pay that offers important advantages over the Bebchuk-Spamann and Bhagat-Romano proposals. I propose that, in addition to equity, bank executives should receive some portion of their compensation in the form of their bank's publicly traded...
- Pay raises will remain flat in 1999. // Corporate Board;Jan/Feb99, Vol. 20 Issue 114, p26
Presents the results of a survey which shows the average merit increases for exempt employees in 1999 in the United States. Merit increases for executives; Companies' use of alternative reward strategies and annual bonus programs for employees below the senior and middle management level;...
- Fear and loathing in executive pay. Haubrich, Joseph G. // Economic Commentary;11/1/94, p1
Examines how American companies choose to motivate their top officers and whether pay for performance is desirable. Review of data from Michael Jensen and Kevin Murphy's `New Survey of Executive Compensation'; Evidence suggesting that linking executive compensation to firm performance may be a...


