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Salaries and impact(s) of academics: An investigation under the prism of prestige

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  • Charles H. Cho

    (Schulich School of Business - York University [Toronto])

  • Tiphaine Jérôme

    (UGA INP IAE - Grenoble Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes)

  • Leanne Keddie

    (Carleton University)

  • Jonathan Maurice

    (TSM - Toulouse School of Management Research - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - TSM - Toulouse School of Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse)

Abstract

This paper explores whether prestige at the university level is being redefined by societal-impact-focused scholars addressing the ethical concerns of universities paying solely for academic impact. We examine this issue in the context of normative ethical principles, distributive justice and equity theory. We collect 2022 salary data of Ontarian accounting academics and investigate whether it is associated with both academic impact and societal impact measures. We provide evidence that salaries paid to Ontarian accounting academics are positively associated with societal impact, beyond the strict prestigious academic impact measured by citations. Given calls for more societal-impact-focused accounting research, this is encouraging. However, academic-impact-focused scholars continue to receive high salaries, which may be problematic as universities move to a societal-impact model; consequently, we highlight the various ethical considerations that arise as a result of this shift. We call for a re-examination of salaries based solely on academic impact.

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  • Charles H. Cho & Tiphaine Jérôme & Leanne Keddie & Jonathan Maurice, 2024. "Salaries and impact(s) of academics: An investigation under the prism of prestige," Post-Print hal-04578709, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04578709
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