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Discussion of “Communicated Values as Informal Controls: Promoting Quality While Undermining Productivity?â€

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  • R. Lynn Hannan

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Kachelmeier, Thornock, and Williamson () investigate experimentally whether an employer's value statement can affect the way employees cognitively represent how they should approach a multi†attribute task, and therefore performance. Counter†intuitively, but consistent with their theory, they find that the value statement negatively affects performance for piece†rate incentivized participants. In my discussion, I elaborate on my comments from the 2013 CAR Conference. Specifically, I discuss contexts where a firm's value statement may have positive effects on performance, and the importance of conducting research investigating how the decisions made by management accountants affect learning.Kachelmeier, Thornock et Williamson (KTW 2016) se livrent à une étude expérimentale visant à déterminer si un énoncé de l'employeur en ce qui a trait à la valeur peut avoir une incidence sur la représentation cognitive qu'ont les employés de la façon dont ils devraient aborder une tâche présentant des attributs multiples et, par conséquent, sur leur rendement. Résultat contre†intuitif, mais conforme à leur théorie, KTW constatent que l’énoncé relatif à la valeur a une incidence négative sur le rendement des participants encouragés par une rétribution à la pièce. L'auteure approfondit dans la présente analyse critique ses commentaires formulés dans le cadre du colloque 2013 de RCC. Elle traite plus précisément des contextes dans lesquels l’énoncé de l'entreprise quant à la valeur peut avoir une incidence positive sur le rendement, et de l'importance des recherches à mener pour déterminer comment les décisions prises par les comptables en management influent sur l'apprentissage.

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  • R. Lynn Hannan, 2016. "Discussion of “Communicated Values as Informal Controls: Promoting Quality While Undermining Productivity?â€," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(4), pages 1435-1439, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:33:y:2016:i:4:p:1435-1439
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12246
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    1. Kazeem O. Akinyele & Vicky Arnold & Steve G. Sutton, 2022. "Motivating unrewarded task performance: The dual effects of incentives and an organisational value statement in a discretionary task setting," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 62(2), pages 2439-2466, June.

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