The utility of accounting information for human resources: performance and rewards

Authors

  • Pablo Aguilar Conde Universidad de Burgos
  • María Begoña Prieto Moreno Universidad de Burgos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24142/rvc.n16a4

Keywords:

Accounting information, labor relation, agency costs, employee compensation.

Abstract

Considering the firm as a nexus of contracts within the divergence of interests between employers and employees as a consequence of the existence of incomplete information and limited rationality, we propose the utility of accounting information within the employment relationship, and try to point accounting as a tool that reduces the costs of renegotiating contracts in two fields: facilitating a method to measure the performance of workers and as a method to establish the rewards of the performance. In short, we consider that accounting information can serve to encourage the participation of workers and facilitate labor negotiation, reducing the agency costs derived from it.

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Author Biographies

Pablo Aguilar Conde, Universidad de Burgos

Economista y Licenciado en Derecho. Doctor en Economía y Administración de Empresas. Profesor del área de economía financiera y contabilidad de la Universidad de Burgos, España. E-mail: paguilar@ubu.es

María Begoña Prieto Moreno, Universidad de Burgos

Economista. Doctora en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Profesora del área de economía financiera y contabilidad de la Universidad de Burgos, España. E-mail: begop@ubu.es

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Published

2018-04-09

How to Cite

Aguilar Conde, P., & Prieto Moreno, M. B. (2018). The utility of accounting information for human resources: performance and rewards. Revista Visión Contable, (16), 74–94. https://doi.org/10.24142/rvc.n16a4

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