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Parenthood and CEO Responses to Media Criticism on Pay

How do CEOs respond when media criticism puts executive pay under the spotlight? This paper explores how parenthood shapes CEO decision-making, showing that when parental identity is salient, media criticism can increase willingness to accept lower compensation and adopt more accommodating responses to public scrutiny.

Authors and affiliations:

• Steffen Brenner (Copenhagen Business School)
• Georg Wernicke (HEC Paris)

Read the full paper here.

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