Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use the logical chain of key factors (KFs) to explain the success of performance management systems (PMS) and corporate performance. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use the strength of the KFs chain to capture PMS success. First, the authors...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationships between different types of performance management system (PMS) and organizational performance. The main task is based on an empirical typology of PMS to show how the different types of PMS are related to organizational...