Growing research in evolutionary psychology suggests that having a deep, masculine voice is beneficial to males in leadership positions because it signals physical strength. However, how this phenomenon plays out at the top of the modern organization is not clearly understood. We posit that CEO vocal masculinity positively influences early-stage CEO compensation for male CEOs by biasing directors’ perceptions of CEO quality. Challenging the pervasive notion that evolved biases are deterministic, we also examine how environmental conditions (i.e., industry competitiveness) and audience characteristics (i.e., female representation on the compensation committee) moderate the effect of CEO vocal masculinity. Longitudinal analyses on a unique dataset consisting of interviews and speeches of male CEOs from publicly listed UK firms provide support for our hypothesized predictions.

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不是你说什么，而是你听起来如何：CEO 声乐阳刚之气和董事会的早期 CEO 薪酬决定

越来越多的进化心理学研究表明，拥有深沉、阳刚的声音对担任领导职务的男性有益，因为它表明了体力。然而，这种现象如何在现代组织的高层中发挥作用尚不清楚。我们认为，CEO 直言不讳的男性气质通过影响董事对 CEO 素质的看法，对男性 CEO 的早期 CEO 薪酬产生积极影响。挑战进化偏见是确定性的普遍观念，我们还研究了环境条件（即行业竞争力）和受众特征（即薪酬委员会中的女性代表）如何调节 CEO 直言不讳的阳刚之气的影响。