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The Compensation Committee Process*

2011; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01118.x

1911-3846

Dana R. Hermanson, James G. Tompkins, Rajaram Veliyath, Zhongxia Ye,

Accounting and Organizational Management

Contemporary Accounting ResearchVolume 29, Issue 3 p. 666-709 The Compensation Committee Process* Dana R. Hermanson, Dana R. Hermanson Kennesaw State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorJames G. Tompkins, James G. Tompkins Kennesaw State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorRajaram Veliyath, Rajaram Veliyath Kennesaw State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorZhongxia (Shelly) Ye, Zhongxia (Shelly) Ye Kennesaw State UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Dana R. Hermanson, Dana R. Hermanson Kennesaw State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorJames G. Tompkins, James G. Tompkins Kennesaw State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorRajaram Veliyath, Rajaram Veliyath Kennesaw State UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorZhongxia (Shelly) Ye, Zhongxia (Shelly) Ye Kennesaw State UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 25 June 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01118.xCitations: 91 † Accepted by Steven Salterio. We appreciate helpful comments from Jeff Cohen, Yves Gendron, Audrey Gramling, Govind Hariharan, Roger Hermanson, Jagan Krishnan, Jayanthi Krishnan, Paul Lapides, Steve Salterio (Editor (in-Chief)), two anonymous reviewers, one anonymous interviewee, and participants in the Coles College Brown Bag series, and Iowa State University Workshop. We thank Joe Mallin of Pearl Meyer & Partners, Ron Domanico, Paul Lapides, Mary Madden, and Hal Shear for assistance in getting access to public company compensation committee members. We thank Zhen Li for research assistance. 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