How can vice-chancellor compensation be justified? Evidence from New Zealand

dc.contributor.authorHouqe, Muhammad Nurul
dc.contributor.authorMarasigan, Alva
dc.contributor.authorDe Villiers, Charl Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-09T13:16:23Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The data are available from the authors upon request.en_US
dc.description.abstractVice-chancellors' salaries have been criticised in the media and examined by scholars. Therefore, we examine whether vice-chancellors' compensation can be explained by performance, job size/complexity, and/or the incumbent's characteristics/abilities. Our sample consists of all New Zealand universities' vice-chancellors' pay from 2010 to 2023. We find that university characteristics (higher university rankings, having a medical school, and more students), university governance (larger size of the senior leadership team), and vice-chancellor characteristics (being female, older, and being a New Zealander) are associated with higher vice-chancellor compensation. The prior literature has largely ignored the added complexity of a medical school.en_US
dc.description.departmentAccountingen_US
dc.description.embargo2027-03-20
dc.description.librarianhj2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-08:Decent work and economic growthen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/acfien_US
dc.identifier.citationHouqe, M.N., Marasigan, A. & De Villiers, C. 2025, 'How can vice-chancellor compensation be justified? Evidence from New Zealand', Accounting and Finance, doi : 10.1111/acfi.70019.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0810-5391 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1467-629X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/acfi.70019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/101982
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2025 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'How can vice-chancellor compensation be justified? Evidence from New Zealand', Accounting and Finance, vol. , no. , pp. , 2025, doi : 10.1111/acfi.70019. The definite version is available at : http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/acfi.en_US
dc.subjectExecutive compensationen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectSenior leadership teamen_US
dc.subjectTertiary Education Commissionen_US
dc.subjectUniversity governanceen_US
dc.subjectUniversity rakingen_US
dc.subjectVice-chancellor compensationen_US
dc.subjectSDG-08: Decent work and economic growthen_US
dc.titleHow can vice-chancellor compensation be justified? Evidence from New Zealanden_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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