英文摘要 |
This study uses data from listed company to empirically investigate the determinants of employee bonus, including corporate governance characteristics, and the impact of employee bonus on the future performance, including accounting performance and market performance. Empirical result shows that the employee bonus is lower when the firm’s controller has higher cash flow right, when the directors own more shares, and when the firm is controlled by family, and that the employee bonus is higher when the firm’s independent board member and institutional ownership are higher. The above empirical results strongly support management self-interest hypothesis. We also examine the relationship between employee bonus and firm future performance. Results show that the impact of employee bonus on firm future performance is positive, but the impact of overpayment is lower than that of underpayment. The policy implication of the results is discussed in the paper. |