A Review of Employee Stock Option Plans: Panacea or Pandora’s Box for Firm Performance
@article{Kalra2017ARO, title={A Review of Employee Stock Option Plans: Panacea or Pandora’s Box for Firm Performance}, author={Neha Kalra and Rajesh Bagga}, journal={International Journal of Management Excellence}, year={2017}, volume={10}, pages={1201-1207} }
Employee stock option Plans (ESOPs) have gathered enormous attention in recent decades and have become the most controversial component of the compensation package. Organizations around the globe have been using ESOPs to compensate their employees at managerial and non-managerial levels. While traditionally the stock options were reserved for top management employees, lately there has been strong growth of broad-based plans primarily to increase firm value. Recent literature examining the…
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