THE EFFECT OF INCENTIVE PRINCIPLES BASED ON THE MATO SYSTEM TOWARD FIRM PERFORMANCE THROUGH EMPLOYEE WORK PRODUCTIVITY

Abstract

This study aims to examine the role of employee work productivity as a mediating variable in the relationship of the incentive principles based on the mato system toward firm performance. The principle based on the mato system is a principle in remuneration policy applied by a company to employees based on the concept of profit sharing. Data was collected by means of a survey method through a questionnaire filled out by 77 respondents and analysed using the partial least squares (PLS) approach. The result of the study indicates that there is a positive effect of the incentive principles based on the mato system toward firm performance and the finding shows that employee work productivity has a positive role to mediate the effect of incentive principles based on the mato system toward firm performance. Incentive principles based on the mato system are a new variable in the realm of management accounting. The variable reflects unique business management in a restaurant firm and is evidently able to improve employee work productivity to create value added for the restaurant firm.