This paper shows that the gender and age of the wage-setter are crucial determinants of the disparity in wages between sexes. We document our findings using a dataset on compensation of corporate officers that is uniquely suited for this analysis because officer wages are set by chief executive officers. We show that CEOs pay officers of the opposing gender less than officers of their own gende...

The purpose of this work is to analyse the preferences Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in relation different components incentive systems: financial vs. non-financial. systems could be an instrument for sustainable development Firms. Upper Echelons Theory establishes that traits executives affect decision-making processes, and among these traits, narcissism a potentially influential factor proc...

This paper reports the results of a study that attempts to assess the effects of decision making circumstances focusing mainly on the approaches applied and the managerial skills and capabilities the decision makers built on during concrete strategic decision making procedures. The study was conducted in California between September 2005 and June 2006 and it was sponsored by a Fulbright Researc...

Prior research has found mixed results regarding the performance impact of chief information officers (CIOs) included on top management teams (TMTs). This study answers the question, under which circumstances firms should include IT responsibility in the TMT and how to integrate IT in the TMT to successfully enhance firm financial performance. We explain business/IT alignment based on the distr...

Recent literature on risk management has suggested that the selection of risk assessment tools may be influenced by the type of risk being managed. In particular, the assessment of strategic risk seems to imply the use of both quantitative and qualitative techniques. This exploratory study investigates whether this characterisation holds in practice, based on a survey considering a random sampl...

The new actors, a new stage, new roles, and new threats in health care, it is time to define new roles for chief financial officers (CFOs) and financial executives more than a supporting player in the unfolding drama of our industry. A tsunami of cost containment has hit, and spending on performance improvement is key to survival. Survival of our current financial crisis will require great fina...

Successful adoption of new teaching and learning technologies in higher education requires the consensus of two sub-cultures, namely the technologist sub-culture and the academic sub-culture. This paper examines trends in adoption of open source software (OSS) for teaching and learning by comparing the results of a 2009 survey of 285 Chief Academic Officers and Chief Information Officers with t...

According to chief operating officers (COOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) of leading insurance business groups, the utilization of economies of scope and scale are essential key success factors for achieving strategic cost and performance advantages. In the area of information technology, achieving these advantages requires appropriate IT governance mechanisms like IT performance measu...

This mixed-methods study uses interviews, participant observations, and the CWEQII empowerment tool to identify structures and attributes of structures that promote control over nursing practice (CNP). Nearly 3,000 staff nurses completed the Essentials of Magnetism (EOM), an instrument that measures CNP, one of the eight staff nurse-identified essential attributes of a productive work environme...