Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the two-direction relationship between financial firm performance and executive compensation in Thai listed companies; that is, effect of firm performance on executive compensation and the effect of executive compensation on subsequent firm...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test for managerial opportunism, specifically the backdating of executive options, in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses the return behaviour associated with a sample of 161 unscheduled options granted by Australian firms....

For over four decades, the topic of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) compensation has attracted considerable attention from the fields of economics, finance, management, public policy, law, and business ethics. As scholarly interest in CEO pay has increased, so has public concern about the ethics...

Purpose – This paper aims to study the determinants of variable compensation for top Portuguese executives (chief executive officers, chief financial officers and commercial directors). Design/methodology/approach – Data from 101 firms were collected through an email questionnaire sent to...