Lost in translation: The effects of incentive compensation on strategy surrogation

Accounting Review

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1135-1163

  Choi, Jongwoon ^a   Hecht, Gary W ^b   Tayler, William B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribute substitution; Incentive compensation; Strategic performance measurement systems; Strategy surrogation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870659011     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-10273     Document Type: Article

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