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Book SynopsisVolume 34 of Advances in Management Accounting uses a variety of methods, from experiments to surveys, to build upon existing knowledge within the management accounting discipline. Containing a diverse range of authors from Australia, China, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, this theoretically sound and practical research has a cutting-edge, wide-reaching appeal.
Showcasing chapters on performance measurement, management control, incentive compensation and budgeting, this edited collection appeals particularly to management accountants in practice, analysing topics such as the effects that narcissism, psychological pressure, honesty, fairness, service quality and corporate social responsibility have on both performance and the roles of management accountants.
Advances in Management Accounting (AMA) publishes thought-provoking volumes that advance knowledge in the management accounting discipline and are of interest to both academics and practitioners. The series seeks thoughtful, well -developed articles on a variety of current topics in management accounting, broadly defined. All research methods including survey research, field tests, corporate case studies, experiments, meta-analyses, and modeling are welcome.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Adaptive narcissism, maladaptive narcissism, and the effectiveness of managerial incentives; Kelsey Kay Dworkis and S. Mark Young
Chapter 2. The effect of using competition to induce employee effort on employee cooperation in multitask job environments; Bernhard E. Reichert and Matthias Sohn
Chapter 3. Transportation quality, customer satisfaction and financial performance; Belaynesh Teklay, Kevin E. Dow, Davood Askarany, Jeffrey Wong, and Yun Shen
Chapter 4. The corporate social responsibility disclosure-action portrayal gap: The influence of management control systems and the association with organisational performance; Kevin Baird, Amy Tung, and April Moses
Chapter 5. How pervasive is the business decision‐making involvement of management accountants and what factors influence this involvement?; Zacharias Enslin, John H. Hall, and Elda du Toit
Chapter 6. The impact of the emphasis on budgets and budget difficulty on budget value and job stress: The mediating role of organisational fairness; Sophia Su and Kevin Baird
Chapter 7. Peer influence on managerial honesty: The moderating role of earnings position; Chaoping Li and Andrea Drake
Chapter 8. Can honesty reminders reduce dishonesty in budgetary slack?; Wilfred W. H. Cheng, Chee Yeow Lim, and Katherine C. K. Yuen
