When does incentive compensation motivate managerial behaviors? An experimental investigation of the fit between incentive compensation, executive core self-evaluation, and firm performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1343-1362

  Chng, Daniel Han Ming ^a   Rodgers, Matthew S ^b   Shih, Eric ^c   Song, Xiao Bing ^d  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

core self evaluation; ethical behavior; incentive compensation; organizational decline; strategic risk taking

Indexed keywords

CORE SELF EVALUATIONS; ETHICAL BEHAVIOR; INCENTIVE COMPENSATION; ORGANIZATIONAL DECLINE; STRATEGIC RISKS;

INDUSTRY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WAGES;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84867861994     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1981     Document Type: Article

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