Our study examines the effectiveness of a novel approach intended to motivate employee behavior desired by the company, i.e., the use of a virtual slot machine that employees can play to possibly win gift card rewards of up to $500. We use proprietary data from a company that implemented an...

We examine the effects of two important tournament design features, tournament horizon and percentage of winners on social comparisons and performance in a multi-period setting. Prior research has individually examined these two features, but we are the first to study their joint effects. We...

This study contributes to the growing body of research examining the governance processes undertaken by Boards of public companies. Specifically, we investigate the Board's role in developing, executing and monitoring strategy and the nature and extent of strategic performance information...

The balanced scorecard is one of the major developments in management accounting in the past decade (Ittner and Larcker 2001). Lipe and Salterio (2000) find that managers ignore one of the key scorecard features, the inclusion of measures that are unique to the strategic objectives of a business...

Firms have long used recognition programs to engage and motivate employees. However, minimal research has examined the effectiveness of these programs in actual organizational settings. We predict that the adoption of a team-based recognition program will be associated with significant...

A significant and increasing number of North American organizations use tangible rewards to motivate their employees. Despite the widespread use of tangible rewards, there is limited understanding as to what makes them effective. Our study has two related purposes. First, we use a lab experiment...

The balanced scorecard has been hailed as one of the major developments in management accounting in the last decade. Lipe and Salterio (2000) show that one of the key features of this development, the inclusion of measures that are unique to the strategic objectives of a business unit, tend to...

Subjectivity is often employed by organizations when evaluating performance and assigning rewards. However, research examining the performance effects of using subjectivity under varying circumstances is limited. To address this gap in the literature, we examine the performance effects of using...