Relationship between CEO Pay and Firm Performance: Evidences from Malaysia Listed Firms

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between CEO pay and firm performance (return on asset, return on equity and profit margin) of 100 companies from the consumer product sector in Malaysia listed in Bursa Malaysia from 2006 to 2010. The research question for this study was will the payment of CEO affects the company's performance? Overall, most of the attestations results were found to have a relationship between CEO pay and firm performance. The correlations and regressions among the sub-variables of the firm performance and the CEO pay were found to be consistently positive ranging from weak positive to the strong positive.