Abstract
We study the relationship between the proportion of option compensation in the total compensation of a CEO and the likelihood of forced turnover. Our results confirm prior findings that CEOs who receive higher option compensation are more likely to lose their jobs for poor performance. However, this positive relation between option compensation and forced turnover does not hold for influential CEOs and firms with poor governance structures. Our results are robust to various measures of firm performance, alternative definition of forced turnover, more than one lags of option compensation, inclusion of total compensation, CEO equity ownership and firm risk.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 309-325 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | International Journal of Business |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 2015 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Business and International Management
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics
- Strategy and Management
Keywords
- Compensation
- Governance
- Stock options
- Termination
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