‘Grand challenge’ or ‘not an issue’? The discourses on income inequality of compensation managers and consultants

Within the broader debate on the increase of labor income inequality, social concerns have growingly focused on organizational practices. Among these, market-oriented compensation practices, with their extensive pay dispersion, are deemed crucial ‘inequality-generators’. Based on 49 interviews with Italian compensation managers and consultants, this article explores whether, in their talk, these actors align with (or detach from)...