This study utilizes a direct questionnaire and a randomized response questionnaire to ask accounting authors how much of their work is tainted by a set of unethical or questionable research practices; how much of their peers' work they believe is tainted; their intentions for the future; their...

Psychopathy is a personality trait characterized by deficits of conscience and empathy, leading to callous attitudes and manipulative behavior, and is one of the “Dark Triad” of personality variables, along with Machiavellianism and narcissism. It has gained some attention in accounting...

Accountants are concerned about the impact of incentive contracts on performance. Monetary incentives improve overall performance, but their effects on the components of performance are not well known. Performance on a repetitive task includes initial performance, subsequent improvement rate,...

This study extends research on the determinants of performance by examining the effect of compensation scheme and perceptions of task attractiveness on team performance. In a laboratory experiment all participants completed a cognitively difficult task both individually and in teams of three...

Many research and authorship practices are debatable or poorly understood. Our purpose was to capture the attitudes and understandings of accounting researchers, especially for discussion in doctoral seminars, and to advance the discussion of research ethics throughout the academic community. We...