This study empirically examines two basic questions. First, where and why do firms make greater or lesser use of subjectivity in the performance evaluations that lead to annual bonuses? Second, what are the effects of greater or lesser use of subjectivity on employee pay satisfaction? We examine...

We use two sets of customer satisfaction measures obtained from a homebuilding company to examine the effect of measurement timing on the association between customer satisfaction measures and future financial performance. The research site employs two separate consulting firms that measure...

This paper reports the findings of an archival and field study that explores the details of the design and functioning of a complex performance evaluation and incentive system, one that bases incentive payouts on both organizational and individual performance ratings. The archival data include...