This study investigates via an experiment the effects of target transparency on managers' target setting decisions. Specifically, we investigate whether target transparency, which reflects employees' knowledge about each other's targets, affects managers' target setting decisions and whether...

This study investigates how performance-to-target (exceeding vs. missing prior target) and task type (ability-driven vs. effort-driven) affect manager's target setting decisions in a setting in which a manager sets targets for multiple employees. We predict that target adjustments are greater...