Abstract Although it has always been important for firms that employees innovate predefined processes, the working environment in which employees implement these processes has significantly changed. Currently, the working environment is often characterized by employee surveillance; that is, the...

Purpose: In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the influence of competitive compensation systems on employee risk taking has gained increasing attention. As the renouncement of such incentive schemes might entail severe disadvantages regarding employee motivation, standard setters have...

This paper presents a review of research regarding the effects of monetary executive incentives on risk-taking. More precisely, we investigate executives' risk-taking (i) in response to the curvature (steepness, convexity, concavity) of the compensation function and (ii) with regard to reference...

Due to agency problems, firms use management control systems to motivate employees to act in the firms' interest. This process includes motivating employees to increase effort as well as aligning risk preferences. Whereas Bonner and Sprinkle (2002) review and discuss research findings regarding...

We investigate how telecommuting affects risk-taking behavior. Most telecommuters — e.g., (mid-level) managers — perform non-repetitive tasks that require decision-making under risk and uncertainty. We conduct an experiment where one half of our participants are instructed to work on a...

Purpose: We investigate if and how firms approach debiasing and what determines its success. In particular, we examine if debiasing is effective in reducing cognitive decision biases. We also investigate organizational characteristics that determine the effectiveness of...