Disciplinary constraints on the advancement of knowledge: the case of organizational incentive systems

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The Effects of Leadership Styles and Use of Performance Measures on Managerial Work-Related Attitudes (2010, methodology): “For this reason, it is widely included as control variable in management accounting studies (cf. Chenhall, 2003; Merchant et al., 2003).”
Motivation, pay satisfaction, and job satisfaction of front‐line employees (2011, background): “…literature has shown that remuneration issues play a critical role in organizations; however, there has been little advice that companies could use in terms of when certain incentive system designs have been more (or less) appropriate (Heneman et al., 2002a; Merchant, 1989; Merchant et al., 2003).”
In Search of Management Accounting Theory (2009, background): “We doubt this as we seldom see attempts to address the strengths and weaknesses of various theories in a single study (Merchant et al., 2003; see for example Ittner et al., 2003, for an exception).”
Strategic alignment and middle‐level managers' motivation in a balanced scorecard setting (2006, methodology): “This method meets the call of Merchant et al. (2003)”