As with any experimental study, care should be taken when attempting any generalizations. However, we argue that the underlying phenomenon of sympathy, consistency, and bias from information are pervasive constructs in human decision making, and that these behavioral tendencies can exhibit themselves at all levels of an organization and in various settings. Future research could examine the underlying predictions pertaining to these types of allocation decisions in suitable field, case, or archival studies. Future research can also build on the organizational context and behaviors that affect decisions, including disparate risk related to actions or demographics including effort, training, education, etc. employee’s References Aronson, E. 1997. The theory of cognitive dissonance: The evolution and vicissitudes of an idea. In, edited by C. The Message of Social Psychology: Perspectives on Mind in Society, McGarty and S. A. Haslam, 20-35. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. Asay, H. S., J. Garrett, and W. B. Tayler. 2017. Contracts, controllability, fairness, and Working paper, University of Iowa, Clemson University, and Brigham Young misreporting. University. Aguiar, F., A. Becker, and L. Miller. 2013. Whose Impartiality? An experimental study of veiled stakeholders, involved spectators and detached observers. 29 (2): Economics and Philosophy 155-174. Bailey, W. J., G. Hecht, and K. L. Towry. 2011. Dividing the pie: The influence of managerial discretion extent on bonus pool allocation. 28 (5): Contemporary Accounting Research Bem, D. J. 1972. Self-perception theory. 6: 1-62. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology Black, D. E., and M. D. Vance. 2017. Do first impressions last? The impact of initial Working Paper, assessments and subsequent performance on promotion decisions. Dartmouth University and University of Southern California. Boiney, L. G., J. Kennedy, and P. Nye. 1997. Instrumental bias in motivated reasoning: More when more is needed. 72 (1): 1-24. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Bol, J. C. 2008. Subjectivity in compensation contracting. 27: Journal of Accounting Literature 1-24.
As with any experimental study, care should be taken when attempting any generalizations. However, we argue that the underlying phenomenon of sympathy, consistency, and bias from information are pervasive constructs in human decision making, and that these behavioral tendencies can exhibit themselves at all levels of an organization and in various settings. Future research could examine the underlying predictions pertaining to these types of allocation decisions in suitable field, case, or archival studies. Future research can also build on the organizational context and behaviors that affect decisions, including disparate risk related to employee’s actions or demographics including effort, training, education, etc. References Aronson, E. 1997. The theory of cognitive dissonance: The evolution and vicissitudes of an idea. In, The Message of Social Psychology: Perspectives on Mind in Society, edited by C. McGarty and S. A. Haslam, 20-35. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. Asay, H. S., J. Garrett, and W. B. Tayler. 2017. Contracts, controllability, fairness, and misreporting. Working paper, University of Iowa, Clemson University, and Brigham Young University. Aguiar, F., A. Becker, and L. Miller. 2013. Whose Impartiality? An experimental study of veiled stakeholders, involved spectators and detached observers. Economics and Philosophy 29 (2): 155-174. Bailey, W. J., G. Hecht, and K. L. Towry. 2011. Dividing the pie: The influence of managerial discretion extent on bonus pool allocation. Contemporary Accounting Research 28 (5): Bem, D. J. 1972. Self-perception theory. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 6: 1-62. Black, D. E., and M. D. Vance. 2017. Do first impressions last? The impact of initial assessments and subsequent performance on promotion decisions. Working Paper, Dartmouth University and University of Southern California. Boiney, L. G., J. Kennedy, and P. Nye. 1997. Instrumental bias in motivated reasoning: More when more is needed. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 72 (1): 1-24. Bol, J. C. 2008. Subjectivity in compensation contracting. Journal of Accounting Literature 27: 1-24.