CEO career horizons and earnings quality in family firms
Purpose – The present study examines the effect of the chief executive officer (CEO) career horizon (CH) problem on earnings quality (ERN) for selected family-controlled firms known to have a unique operational goal. Design/methodology/approach – The generalised method of moment linear regression mo...
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my.uum.repo.272222020-07-19T06:16:36Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/27222/ CEO career horizons and earnings quality in family firms Che Ahmad, Ayoib Olarinoye Abdulmalik, Salau Mohamad Yusof, Nor Zalina HD28 Management. Industrial Management Purpose – The present study examines the effect of the chief executive officer (CEO) career horizon (CH) problem on earnings quality (ERN) for selected family-controlled firms known to have a unique operational goal. Design/methodology/approach – The generalised method of moment linear regression model was used on a sample of family-controlled firms in Malaysia from 2005 to 2016. Findings – The study found a negative relationship between CH and ERN, measured by earnings persistence and earnings predictability. However, in the earnings predictability model, the reverse was found to be the case after interacting CH with CEO family affiliation, CEO experience and CEO equity. However, the use of a reputable auditor could not mitigate the CH problem. Also, the study obtained a closely related result in the earnings persistence model. The result aligns with the socio-emotional wealth (SEW) theory, which states that the goals of family-controlled firms go beyond financial objectives to include other non-financial objectives, and hence, their commitment to perpetuating their dynasty encourages them to preserve the quality of their earnings. Originality/value – Existing studies on family firms and ERN have treated family firms as homogeneous entities by comparing family and non-family firms, using the underlying theoretical justification of the agency theory. However, this study departs from the agency theory, by considering those factors (i.e. the extent of CEO alignment with family owners and the choice of auditor), using the SEW theory, which establishes the differences among family firms. This work builds on that of Chen et al., (2018) and Ali and Zhang (2015), which suggested that corporate governance can mitigate the CH problem. Therefore, the strength of a CEO’s attachment to the family firm (measured by CEO equity ownership and CEO affiliation to family members in family firms) and the choice of the auditor can explain the variation in the effect of the CH problem in family firms. Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/27222/1/ARA%2029%202%202020%20153%20172.pdf Che Ahmad, Ayoib and Olarinoye Abdulmalik, Salau and Mohamad Yusof, Nor Zalina (2020) CEO career horizons and earnings quality in family firms. Asian Review of Accounting, 28 (2). pp. 153-172. ISSN 1321-7348 http://doi.org/10.1108/ARA-02-2019-0029 doi:10.1108/ARA-02-2019-0029 |
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Purpose – The present study examines the effect of the chief executive officer (CEO) career horizon (CH) problem on earnings quality (ERN) for selected family-controlled firms known to have a unique operational goal. Design/methodology/approach – The generalised method of moment linear regression model was used on a sample of family-controlled firms in Malaysia from 2005 to 2016. Findings – The study found a negative relationship between CH and ERN, measured by earnings persistence and earnings predictability. However, in the earnings predictability model, the reverse was found to be the case after interacting CH with CEO family affiliation, CEO experience and CEO equity. However, the use of a reputable auditor could not mitigate the CH problem. Also, the study obtained a closely related result in the earnings persistence model. The result aligns with the socio-emotional wealth (SEW) theory, which states that the goals of family-controlled firms go beyond financial objectives to include other non-financial objectives, and hence, their commitment to perpetuating their dynasty encourages them to preserve the quality of their earnings. Originality/value – Existing studies on family firms and ERN have treated family firms as homogeneous entities by comparing family and non-family firms, using the underlying theoretical justification of the agency theory. However, this study departs from the agency theory, by considering those factors (i.e. the extent of CEO
alignment with family owners and the choice of auditor), using the SEW theory, which establishes the differences among family firms. This work builds on that of Chen et al., (2018) and Ali and Zhang (2015), which suggested that corporate governance can mitigate the CH problem. Therefore, the strength of a CEO’s attachment to the family firm (measured by CEO equity ownership and CEO affiliation to family members in family firms) and the choice of the auditor can explain the variation in the effect of the CH problem in
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