Fast Company: What Really Happens When Workers Learn The Truth About Salaries

Lisa LaViers, assistant professor of accounting, was interviewed by Fast Company for a story about her research on pay transparency. LaViers and colleagues found that the SEC-mandated disclosure of CEO pay ratio resulted in greater compensation satisfaction among employees.
“Unless your company is actually paying people unfairly (which is a different problem entirely!), you may benefit from implementing a policy of greater transparency,” LaViers says. “It will help you take control of the narrative and give employees more realistic reference points to compare their own wages to.”
To read the story in its entirety, visit fastcompany.com:
https://www.fastcompany.com/91386855/what-really-happens-when-workers-learn-the-truth-about-salaries
Interested in advancing your education and/or career? Learn more about Freeman’s wide range of graduate and undergraduate programs. Find the right program for you.
Recommended Reading
- Pierre Conner: The Future of Energy Is Now
- Finance Curriculum vs. Accounting Curriculum: How Are They Different?
- Ukrainian scholar to discuss economic impacts of war
- Deloitte Global CEO Barry Salzberg to speak on campus
- Ernst & Young CEO highlights importance of global ethics
- Join the Freeman School for Homecoming 2012
- Center for Audit Quality's Cindy Fornelli speaks at Freeman School
- Students face off in inaugural Tulane Energy Trading Competition
Other Related Articles
- Harvard Business Review: New Research Debunks a Common Criticism of Pay Transparency
- WWL Radio: What is crypto? Is letting it into our 401(k)s a good idea?
- New Orleans CityBusiness: Maximizing AI’s potential requires employee training
- Freeman welcomes new faculty for 2025-26
- Research Notes: Michael Burke
- Research Notes: Christine Smith
- CNN: 3 ways Trump trying to fire Powell could backfire
- Research Notes: Karen Foust