Navigating Pay Transparency Trade-offs with Peter Bamberger

Employees and candidates consistently value pay transparency, but
before HR leaders alter their rewards strategies to meet these
expectations, they must first consider their holistic impact on
the organization. Peter Bamberger, Professor at Tel Aviv
University’s Coller School of Management and author of “Exposing
Pay,” joins the Talent Angle to detail what pay transparency
means for employers, employees and society. He shares the history
of the pay transparency movement and relevant academic research
to explain how a culture of transparency impacts outcomes like
pay equity and productivity. He argues that organizations should
ultimately pursue a path towards more transparency.


Peter A. Bamberger is the Domberger Professor of Management at
Tel Aviv University’s Coller School of Management, and Research
Director of Cornell’s Smithers Institute. His research examines
rewards management, teamwork and employee well-being. Author of
several books including “Human Resource Strategy” and “Exposing
Pay,” Peter has published over 100 refereed journal articles. An
elected Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational
Psychology and the Academy of Management, he served as an
associate editor of Academy of Management Journal, and
editor-in-chief of Academy of Management Discoveries. Peter
currently serves as president-elect of the Academy of Management.


Caroline Walsh is a vice president in Gartner’s HR practice. Her
teams help HR leaders build and execute talent, diversity,
rewards, and learning strategies and programs. Caroline has also
led Gartner research teams on commercial banking strategy and
leadership. She holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies
from Columbia University, and a master’s degree in public affairs
from Princeton University.