ERIC Number: EJ1431931
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-5224
EISSN: EISSN-1468-2273
Exit Strategy or Springboard for Career Development? The Case of University Executives' Remuneration
Higher Education Quarterly, v78 n3 p730-744 2024
The steady increase of chief executives' compensation in both public and private universities has long been at the centre of public debate and has received a lot of criticism in the UK. As higher education is considered as an industry, a pay for performance relationship is expected. This paper differs by demonstrating that UK Vice Chancellors consider incentives other than remuneration in their career progression. By constructing a comprehensive dataset of UK Vice Chancellors covering academic years 2012/2013 to 2016/2017, we demonstrate that UK university chief executives, especially if young, are willing to accept lower salaries when they interpret their role as a springboard for visible high-profile positions in the public arena.
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Change, Salaries, Universities, College Administration, Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes, Criticism, Incentives, Compensation (Remuneration), Administrator Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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