The impact of reliance on incentive-based compensation schemes, information asymmetry and organisational commitment on managerial performance

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-342

  Chong, Vincent K ^a   Eggleton, Ian R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Information asymmetry; Organisational commitment and managerial performance; Reliance on incentive based compensation schemes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447650222     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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