How ownership and corporate governance influence chief executive pay in China's listed firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 776-785

  Firth, Michael ^a   Fung, Peter M Y ^b   Rui, Oliver M ^c  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Board structure; Executive compensation; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248584559     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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