Supervisor discretion in target setting: An empirical investigation

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1861-1886

  Bol, Jasmijn C ^a   Keune, Timothy M ^b   Matsumura, Ella Mae ^c   Shin, Jae Yong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compensation risk; Confrontation costs; Discretion; Fairness concerns; Sales target; Target setting process

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650659441     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.6.1861     Document Type: Review

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