{"title":"Serving the people: Board’s communist ideology imprinting and CEO compensation","authors":"Ethan Xin Liu , David H. Weng","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115169","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how communist ideology imprinting on board members influences CEO compensation. We contend that strong communist imprinting acquired during their formative years will induce board members to offer low CEO salaries because traditional communist ideology advocates both individual service to the public and amelioration of income equality in society. We also propose that this effect is lessened in economically developed regions but more pronounced in concentrated industries. Analyzing a sample of Chinese public firms, we find support for our arguments. Our findings suggest that communist ideology still prevails in today’s China, and that this prevalence can influence board-CEO interactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"189 ","pages":"Article 115169"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Business Research","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296324006738","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/12/28 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study examines how communist ideology imprinting on board members influences CEO compensation. We contend that strong communist imprinting acquired during their formative years will induce board members to offer low CEO salaries because traditional communist ideology advocates both individual service to the public and amelioration of income equality in society. We also propose that this effect is lessened in economically developed regions but more pronounced in concentrated industries. Analyzing a sample of Chinese public firms, we find support for our arguments. Our findings suggest that communist ideology still prevails in today’s China, and that this prevalence can influence board-CEO interactions.
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