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The monitoring role of independent directors in CEO pay-performance relationship: the case of Malaysian government linked companies

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  • Hooy Chee-Wooi
  • Tee Chwee-Ming

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This study looks into the pay-performance and monitoring issues in Malaysian government linked companies (GLCs). Our study utilizes 21 Malaysian public listed GLCs data from financial year 2001 until 2006. We adopt panel regression to study pay-performance relationship while the internal monitoring mechanism is measured by board independence. In our analysis, chief executive officer (CEO pay is regressed to individual performance as well as benchmarked against industry average. Generally, we document that the pay-performance relationship in Malaysian GLCs is sporadically significant, implying that CEO pay is not properly aligned to performance. However, pay-earning-sensitivity (EPS) is high and statistically significant when individual performances are benchmarked against industry average in GLCs with more than 50% independent directors (majority board). This implies that for Malaysian GLCs, a majority independent board is required to ensure effective monitoring on CEOs' performance.

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  • Hooy Chee-Wooi & Tee Chwee-Ming, 2010. "The monitoring role of independent directors in CEO pay-performance relationship: the case of Malaysian government linked companies," Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(2), pages 245-259.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:macfem:v:3:y:2010:i:2:p:245-259
    DOI: 10.1080/17520843.2010.498136
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