Directors’ influence on pay-based performance

The objective of this study is to examine earnings management influence on directors’ remuneration. Taking a calculation of the empirical evidence of earnings management, firm performance and directors’ remuneration, this study is able to demonstrate that pay-performance is not influenced by earning...

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Main Authors: Sherliza Puat Nelson, Salsabila Abd Rahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19704/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19704/1/15488-90563-1-PB.pdf
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author Sherliza Puat Nelson,
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description The objective of this study is to examine earnings management influence on directors’ remuneration. Taking a calculation of the empirical evidence of earnings management, firm performance and directors’ remuneration, this study is able to demonstrate that pay-performance is not influenced by earnings management. Data for this study were extracted from the annual reports of 678 non-financial public listed companies in Malaysia for the years of 2009, 2010 and 2011 giving rise to final 2021 observations. The findings highlighted that earnings management played no role in determining the directors’ remuneration. However, the findings documented a significant and positive association between the directors’ influence and the directors’ remuneration. This study contributes to the growing literature by providing evidence which demonstrate that pay-performance was not directly influenced by earnings management but by the influence of the executive directors. More importantly the study documents even under strong governance, Malaysian listed firms are influenced by the executive directors.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:197042022-09-15T01:15:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19704/ Directors’ influence on pay-based performance Sherliza Puat Nelson, Salsabila Abd Rahim, The objective of this study is to examine earnings management influence on directors’ remuneration. Taking a calculation of the empirical evidence of earnings management, firm performance and directors’ remuneration, this study is able to demonstrate that pay-performance is not influenced by earnings management. Data for this study were extracted from the annual reports of 678 non-financial public listed companies in Malaysia for the years of 2009, 2010 and 2011 giving rise to final 2021 observations. The findings highlighted that earnings management played no role in determining the directors’ remuneration. However, the findings documented a significant and positive association between the directors’ influence and the directors’ remuneration. This study contributes to the growing literature by providing evidence which demonstrate that pay-performance was not directly influenced by earnings management but by the influence of the executive directors. More importantly the study documents even under strong governance, Malaysian listed firms are influenced by the executive directors. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19704/1/15488-90563-1-PB.pdf Sherliza Puat Nelson, and Salsabila Abd Rahim, (2018) Directors’ influence on pay-based performance. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 9 . pp. 11-25. ISSN 2180-3838 https://ejournal.ukm.my/ajac/issue/view/1084/showToc
spellingShingle Sherliza Puat Nelson,
Salsabila Abd Rahim,
Directors’ influence on pay-based performance
title Directors’ influence on pay-based performance
title_full Directors’ influence on pay-based performance
title_fullStr Directors’ influence on pay-based performance
title_full_unstemmed Directors’ influence on pay-based performance
title_short Directors’ influence on pay-based performance
title_sort directors’ influence on pay-based performance
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19704/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19704/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19704/1/15488-90563-1-PB.pdf