The phases of the systematic literature review
| (1) Research Questions | RQ1. What is the current state of art of the ESGBEC literature? RQ2. What are the emerging research themes in the ESGBEC literature? |
| (2) Query on Scopus | First query: “CEO pay” or “CEO compensation” or “CEO bonus” or “CEO salary” or “executive pay” or “executive compensation” or “executive bonus” or “executive salary” and “CSR*” or “ESG” or “environment*” or “climate-change" Second query: “CSR contracting” Third query: “sustainability target*” or “sustainability incentive*” or “sustainable bonus*” or “corporate social performance target*” and executive* or CEO Fourth query: “sustainability-based” or “sustainability-linked” or “ESG-based” or “ESG-linked” and compensation or remuneration |
| (3) Filters on Scopus | Document type: Article Publication stage: Final stage Language: English Subject areas excluded: Physics and astronomy; mathematics; medicine; multidisciplinary; agricultural and biological sciences; psychology |
| Sample from Scopus | 348 articles |
| (4) Contributions out of scope | 214 articles |
| Final sample | 134 articles |
| (1) Research Questions | |
| (2) Query on Scopus | First query: “CEO pay” or “CEO compensation” or “CEO bonus” or “CEO salary” or “executive pay” or “executive compensation” or “executive bonus” or “executive salary” and “CSR*” or “ESG” or “environment*” or “climate-change" |
| (3) Filters on Scopus | Document type: Article |
| Sample from Scopus | 348 articles |
| 214 articles | |
| Final sample | 134 articles |
Source(s): Authors’ own work
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