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

Houqe, Muhammad Nurul; Marasigan, Alva; De Villiers, Charl Johannes

dc.contributor.author	Houqe, Muhammad Nurul
dc.contributor.author	Marasigan, Alva
dc.contributor.author	De Villiers, Charl Johannes
dc.date.accessioned	2025-04-09T13:16:23Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description	DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The data are available from the authors upon request.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Vice-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.department	Accounting	en_US
dc.description.embargo	2027-03-20
dc.description.librarian	hj2024	en_US
dc.description.sdg	SDG-08:Decent work and economic growth	en_US
dc.description.uri	http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/acfi	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Houqe, 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.issn	0810-5391 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1467-629X (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.1111/acfi.70019
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101982
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Wiley	en_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.subject	Executive compensation	en_US
dc.subject	New Zealand	en_US
dc.subject	Senior leadership team	en_US
dc.subject	Tertiary Education Commission	en_US
dc.subject	University governance	en_US
dc.subject	University raking	en_US
dc.subject	Vice-chancellor compensation	en_US
dc.subject	SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth	en_US
dc.title	How can vice-chancellor compensation be justified? Evidence from New Zealand	en_US
dc.type	Postprint Article	en_US