Drawing on the notion of <italic>guanxi</italic>, <italic>which is obligation-bound</italic>, in Confucian cultures, this study investigates whether rating leniency and rating compression in performance evaluation are based on supervisor-subordinate acquaintanceship, alma mater ties, and subordinates' physical proximity to their...

Although previous studies have addressed the interrelated nature of organizational design choices for business units — delegation of operational decisions, performance measures choices in compensation, and delegation of accounting decisions, they rarely highlight the associated performance...