...Jace B. Garrett; Gregory P. McPhee; Dan T. Way ABSTRACT Firms often struggle to motivate managers’ CSR performance, and little attention has been paid to how performance evaluation can assist in this effort. We address this gap by examining the effects of relative performance information (RPI...

...Devon Erickson; D. Kip Holderness, Jr.; Kari Joseph Olsen; Todd A. Thornock ABSTRACT Relative performance information (RPI) represents a potentially beneficial feedback mechanism, but its motivational effects may depend on recipients’ characteristics. This paper explores whether a key employee...

... how relative performance information (RPI) influences this choice and its expected outcome. We theorize and find that RPI has both a social motivational effect that increases employees' propensity to explore alternative strategies and an informational effect that helps them determine...

...D. Kip Holderness, Jr.; Kari Joseph Olsen; Todd A. Thornock ABSTRACT Technological advancements have greatly improved the ability to provide relative performance information (RPI), including information systems capable of providing feedback on demand. We use an experiment to examine the effect...

...: Accepted by Margaret H. Christ, under the Senior Editorship of Karen L. Sedatole. February 2018 October 2018 2019 competition feedback relative performance information Participants followed along with printed materials as instructions were read aloud. A researcher first...

..., under the Senior Editorship of Karen L. Sedatole. March 2016 April 2018 2019 employee incentives heterogeneity in ability homogeneity in ability relative performance information tournament horizon One aspect that could affect the tournament's success is the temporal...

... knowledge (passive behavior) or by choosing to share inaccurate knowledge with their colleagues (active behavior). In this study, we examine how providing relative performance information (RPI) and rewarding individuals with performance-based incentives can jointly affect individuals' choices to engage...