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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

By: Claudine Gartenberg and Julie Wulf
This study suggests that peer comparison affects both wage setting and productivity within firms. We report three changes in division manager compensation following a 1991–1992 controversy over executive pay. We argue that this controversy increased wage comparisons... View Details
Keywords: Pay-for-Performance; Internal Labor Markets; Peer Comparison; Firm Geography; Behavior; Executive Compensation; Policy
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  • 20 Nov 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

Keywords: by Claudine Gartenberg & Julie Wulf

    Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

    This study suggests that peer comparison affects both wage setting and productivity within firms. We report three changes in division manager compensation following a 1991-1992 controversy over executive pay. We argue that this... View Details

    • Article

    How to Get the Most Out of Peer Support Groups: A Guide to the Benefits and Best Practices

    By: Boris Groysberg and Robert Russman Halperin
    For years business leaders have turned to peer forums—groups of four to 10 people with similar interests who meet regularly for confidential conversations—to share their problems, find support and insights, and learn and grow. But because such forums are small and... View Details
    Keywords: Peer Comparison; Support; Workplace; Peer Relationships; Personal Development and Career
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    • November 9, 2019
    • Article

    Effect of Revealing Authors' Conflicts of Interests in Peer Review: Randomized Controlled Trial

    By: Leslie K. John, George Loewenstein, Andrew Marder and Michael Callaham
    Objective: To assess the impact of disclosing authors’ conflict of interest declarations to peer reviewers at a medical journal.
    Design: Randomised controlled trial.

    Setting: The study was conducted within the manuscript review process at the... View Details
    Keywords: Conflicts Of Interest; Peer Review; Randomized Controlled Trial; Scientific Publication; Conflict of Interests; Journals and Magazines; Science
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    The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions

    By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Katherine L. Milkman
    Using a field experiment in a 401(k) plan, we measure the effect of disseminating information about peer behavior on savings. Low-saving employees received simplified plan enrollment or contribution increase forms. A randomized subset of forms stated the fraction of... View Details
    Keywords: Saving; Decision Choices and Conditions; Retirement
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    • January–February 2015
    • Article

    Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Ian Larkin
    We examine how unfavorable social comparisons differentially spur employees of varying hierarchical levels to engage in deception. Drawing on literatures in social psychology and workplace self-esteem, we theorize that negative comparisons with peers could cause either... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior; Rank and Position; Employees
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    • 2016
    • Chapter

    Envy and Interpersonal Corruption: Social Comparison Processes and Unethical Behavior in Organizations

    By: Julia J. Lee and Francesca Gino
    Book Abstract: Competition for resources, recognition, and favorable outcomes are all facts of life in professional settings. When one falls short in comparison to colleagues or subordinates, feelings of envy may arise. Fueled by inferiority, hostility, and resentment,... View Details
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    • March 2022
    • Article

    How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons

    By: Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
    The vast majority of the pay inequality in an organization comes from differences in pay between employees and their bosses. But are employees aware of these pay disparities? Are employees demotivated by this inequality? To address these questions, we conducted a... View Details
    Keywords: Salary; Inequality; Managers; Career Concerns; Pay Transparency; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Perception; Behavior
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    • 20 Nov 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: November 20

    http://www.people.hbs.edu/vkumar/dynamicbundling_fall2012.pdf Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation Authors:Claudine Gartenberg and Julie Wulf Abstract Using rich panel data on division... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 18 Jun 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: June 18

    Unlocking Innovation Through Business Experimentation By: Thomke, Stefan Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=8420   Working Papers Pay Harmony: Peer View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Will I Stay or Will I Go?: Cooperative and Competitive Effects of Workgroup Sex and Race Composition on Turnover

    By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L Milkman
    We develop an integrated theory of the social identity mechanisms linking workgroup sex and race composition across levels with individual turnover. Building on social identity research, we theorize that social cohesion (Tyler, 1999; Hogg and Terry, 2000) and social... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Ethnicity; Race; Groups and Teams; Identity; Resignation and Termination; Gender; Cooperation
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    • 06 Jul 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Looking Up and Looking Out: Career Mobility Effects of Demographic Similarity among Professionals

    Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn & Katherine L. Milkman; Legal Services
    • Research Summary

    Current Research

    Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details

    • Research Summary

    Non-Financial Incentives

    My research shows how firms combine many facets of internal governance to motivate managers. A perspective that underlies much of my research is that managers are not motivated by financial rewards alone: “it’s not just about the... View Details

    • September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
    • Supplement

    Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
    As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not just the bottom... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Social Enterprise; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
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    • April 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Jiangxi Agribusiness: (TN)

    By: David F. Hawkins
    [TN for 114-039] Emily Wang, an analyst with Future Securities, a Shanghai-based investment firm, is given the task of making stock purchase recommendations to her supervisor from a number of Chinese common stocks. One stock in particular, Jiangxi Agribusiness... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Analysis; Ratio Analysis
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    • May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
    • Case

    Hubei Lantian (A)

    By: David F. Hawkins, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Nancy Hua Dai
    Emily Wang, an analyst with Future Securities, a Shanghai-based investment firm, is given the task of making stock purchase recommendations to her supervisor from a number of Chinese common stocks. One stock in particular, Hubei Lantian Co., Ltd. (Hubei Lantian),... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Analysis; Ratio Analysis
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    • Winter 2024
    • Article

    Is Pay Transparency Good?

    By: Zoë B. Cullen
    Countries around the world are enacting pay transparency policies to combat pay discrimination. Since 2000, 71 percent of OECD countries have done so. Most are enacting transparency horizontally, revealing pay between coworkers doing similar work within a firm. While... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Wages; Knowledge Sharing; Job Design and Levels; Negotiation; Performance Productivity; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives
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    • 23 May 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

    substantial variation exists across organizations with regard to management, suggesting frictions in the broader diffusion of management knowledge. We argue that peer networks may allow for the diffusion of productive management across... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel