Just Like My CEO: When Perceived Similarity Makes Pay Inequality Acceptable
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on June 04, 2026
Abstract
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
Large CEO–employee pay gaps often elicit negative reactions, yet they have reached historic highs with limited resistance. How can this be explained? Developing a novel social comparison perspective, we propose that under specific circumstances pay ...
Large CEO–employee pay gaps often elicit negative reactions, yet they have reached historic highs with limited resistance. How can this be explained? Developing a novel social comparison perspective, we propose that under specific circumstances pay ...