Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

•Directors are affected by peer pressure and this can affect the amount of money CEOs receive from the company. • Independent directors with a stronger history of networking with other members of the board are associated with lower CEO pay relative to shareholder return. • Powerful CEOs undermine the effects that independent directors have on aligning CEO pay with shareholder return.

Publication Date

2016

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2016, University of South Carolina

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Business Commons

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