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Author
B.A.C. Groen
M.J.F. Wouters
C.P.M. Wilderom
Year
2012
Title
Why do employees take more initiatives to improve their performance after co-developing performance measures? A field study
Journal
Management Accounting Research
Volume | Issue number
23 | 2
Pages (from-to)
120-141
Document type
Article
Faculty
Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
Institute
Amsterdam Business School Research Institute (ABS-RI)
Abstract
Performance measurements may stimulate employee initiatives to improve operational performance, especially when employees themselves participate in the development of their own departmental performance measures. Using the theory of planned behavior, we examine why this occurs in a beverage manufacturing company where we helped bottling line maintenance technicians develop measures about the results of their own work. Our analyses are based on qualitative data gathered at 156 meetings, 34 semi-structured interviews, quantitative performance data from the company's information systems, and quantitative questionnaire data. We found that the participatory development process increased employees’ attitude, perceived social pressure and perceived capability to take initiative. Moreover, the departmental performance improved when the jointly developed performance measures were put to use.
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Language
English
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http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.374743
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