An Empirical Analysis of an Incentive Plan with Relative Performance Measures: Evidence from a Postal Service

By E. M. Matsumura, J. Shin. 2006

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Relative Performance Evaluation and Related Peer Groups in Executive Compensation Contracts (2011, unknown): “This finding stands in contrast to evidence reported by Murphy (1999), who reports that RPE is sometimes used in annual bonus plans but rarely used for equity-based compensation based on a survey of 177 large U.”
Realising the richness of psychology theory in contingency-based management accounting research (2016, background): “, Matsumara and Shin, 2006). In this way, management accounting practices could form a central part of the information set from which inferences about the performance of individuals and organizations and the adequacy thereof are formed. As Miller and Power (2013) note, accounting can play a decisive”
The Effects of Disseminating Relative Performance Feedback in Tournament and Individual Performance Compensation Plans (2008, methodology): “Finally, using archival data, Matsumura and Shin (2006) find”
Organizational Learning in Target Setting (2017, background): “…evaluation and compensation (Simons, 2000).4 At the start of each period, divisions, departments, and often individuals are given a target that defines the organization’s aspirations for them, and performance is routinely evaluated relative to this target (Matsumura & Shin, 2006; Murphy, 2000).”