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The Accounting Review (2023) 98 (1): 191–214.
Published: 01 January 2023
... also lead to negative employee reactions. This study contributes to the understanding of supervisor target setting. Firms use performance targets to facilitate planning, coordinate actions, and motivate employees ( Merchant and Manzoni 1989 ; Latham and Locke 1991 ; Merchant and Van der Stede...
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The Accounting Review (2018) 93 (1): 29–43.
Published: 01 January 2018
... General Charitable Trust for their generous financial support. Editor's note: Accepted by Elaine G. Mauldin, under the Senior Editorship of Mark L. DeFond. September 2015 April 2017 2018 target setting multi-task environment routine and creative tasks Many...
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The Accounting Review (2016) 91 (5): 1467–1492.
Published: 01 September 2016
.... Editor's note: Accepted by Christopher D. Ittner. December 2014 October 2015 2016 target setting motivation carbon emissions environment climate change sustainability environmental performance In recent years, environmental issues and the climate change crisis have...
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The Accounting Review (2014) 89 (4): 1197–1226.
Published: 01 July 2014
... setting, which we term relative target setting (RTS). We find evidence of RTS after controlling for individual past performance in the form of ratcheting. Our findings also indicate that RTS partially shapes the use of other information on past performance. Specifically, we find that the magnitude...