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  • Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings

Executive Compensation and Human Capital Investments Through Industry Selection

By: Boris Groysberg and Eric Lin
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Abstract

We use proprietary data capturing compensation levels of executives placed by a global search firm to investigate how executives evaluate rewards and risks of human capital investment choices. Our findings suggest that more isolated industries with lower opportunity to acquire transferable industry knowledge are associated with higher required raises to motivate job switches among rising executives. For senior executives, moving to narrower industries does not evoke such changes in required raises. We control for a host of individual, firm, and industry characteristics surrounding both the preceding job and the placed position.

Keywords

Executive Compensation; Human Capital; Personal Development and Career

Citation

Groysberg, Boris, and Eric Lin. "Executive Compensation and Human Capital Investments Through Industry Selection." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2014).
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Boris Groysberg

Organizational Behavior
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