| Abstract |
Firms increasingly use employee recognition and disclose recognized performance to motivate employees. In this paper, we investigate how disclosed best performance interacts with recognition scope (same-rank versus multiple-rank recognition) in influencing the subsequent motivation of unrecognized lower-rank employees. We predict and find that a higher level of disclosed best performance from a recognized higher-rank employee in multiple-rank recognition motivates unrecognized lower-rank employees more in the subsequent period, compared to a higher level of disclosed best performance from a recognized peer in same-rank recognition. The results contribute to accounting research on employee recognition by identifying a potential benefit of including employees with different career stages in a recognition program to sustain employee motivation. |
| Authors |
Ta-Tung Cheng  , Hailan Flora Zhou 
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| Journal Info |
American Accounting Association | Journal of Management Accounting Research , vol: 37
, iss: 1
, pages: 1 - 19
|
| Publication Date |
4/1/2024 |
| ISSN |
1049-2127 |
Type |
article |
| Open Access |
closed
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| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.2308/jmar-2022-084 |
| Keywords |
Rank (graph theory) (Score: 0.906722) , Scope (computer science) (Score: 0.57288074)
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