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Vice-Chancellor Pay and Performance: The Moderating Effect of Vice-Chancellor Characteristics

Mohamed Elmagrhi Orcid Logo, Collins G Ntim Orcid Logo

Work, Employment and Society, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 095001702211113 - 34

Swansea University Author: Mohamed Elmagrhi Orcid Logo

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This paper investigates the association between UK higher education institutions (HEIs) long- and short-term performance measures, and the pay of vice-chancellors/principals (VCs) in an era of intense neoliberalism/financialisation of HEIs, and consequently ascertains the extent to which the VC pay–...

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ISSN: 0950-0170 1469-8722
Published: SAGE Publications 2024
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