The Study

Abstract

How is a study of strategic pay in practice best approached? What methods are most appropriate given the research question and the subject under investigation? This chapter, firstly, considers established approaches to the subject and proposes an alternative research agenda considered better suited to the exploration of strategic pay in practice. Drawing upon conceptual and empirical perspectives, from multiple disciplines, a multi-level exploratory approach to the research of strategic pay practice is proposed, incorporating quantitative and qualitative methods, together with a detailed description of the data gathered.