The effect of CEO characteristics on executive compensation
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executive compensation, characteristics of CEOs, Upper Echelons TheoryResumen
The aim of this research was to investigate the relation between the characteristics of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and the executive compensation of Brazilian companies listed on the stock exchange. The Upper Echelons Theory (Hambrick, 2007) already pointed to a possible combined effect between characteristics and executive compensation. In Brazil, this relation became feasible only with the disclosure requirement established by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM) Instruction No. 480/2009. Thus, this research contributes to theory and Brazilian literature by exploring this relation. The findings are relevant because they highlight potential criteria used by companies in determining CEO salaries and contribute to explaining variations in executive compensation. Additionally, they provide empirical evidence on which executive characteristics are valued and better compensated in an emerging market. The findings have practical and theoretical implications. For companies, they guide salary policies by showing which characteristics of CEOs influence compensation, aligning incentives with organizational strategy. For academia, they shed light on the determinants of compensation. In the Brazilian context, they reveal how the attributes of CEOs affect their compensation, contributing to an understanding of the impact of executives on organizations. To analyze the models, we used the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM-Sys). Specific attributes of CEOs influence compensation. Education aligned with the business leads to an increase in total compensation, age influences fixed compensation, and duality influences variable compensation. On the other hand, family ties reduce variable compensation, and gender seems to be irrelevant. The results contribute by highlighting these characteristics as determinants of compensation and by showing the combined effect between characteristics and executives’ total, fixed, and variable compensation.
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