The effect of a budget-based incentive compensation scheme on job performance: The mediating role of trust-in-supervisor and organizational commitment
Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change
ISSN: 1832-5912
Article publication date: 7 November 2016
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to examine the role of trust-in-supervisor and organizational commitment on the relationship between a budget-based incentive compensation scheme and job performance.
Design/methodology/approach
A survey was conducted involving 120 managers from Australian manufacturing firms listed in the Who’s Who in Business in Australia electronic database. A partial least squares approach was used to assess the psychometric properties of the theoretical model and proposed hypotheses. Data analysis was conducted using WarpPLS Version 5.0.
Findings
The results suggest that the reliance on a high budget-based incentive compensation scheme was found to lead to higher trust-in supervisor, which in turn resulted in higher organizational commitment and improved subordinate job performance.
Research limitations/implications
This study is subject to the limitations of survey-based research.
Practical implications
This study may assist top management to better understand the importance of designing an effective budget-based incentive compensation scheme to promote high interpersonal trust and organizational commitment among subordinates. Cultivating a climate of trust may help to enhance interpersonal trust between subordinates and their superior, which in turn may lead to higher levels of organizational commitment and improvement in subordinate job performance.
Originality/value
This paper elucidates and contributes to the existing literature by suggesting that a budget-based incentive compensation scheme can directly affect subordinates’ level of trust in their supervisor, and that trust-in-supervisor can serve as an antecedent to the development and cultivation of subordinates’ commitment to the organization, which in turn improves their job performance.
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Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments and suggestions from Ralph Kober, Michele Leong, Stijn Masschelein, Lokman Mia, John Sands, two anonymous reviewers and participants at the 2013 AAAA Conference and 2013 AFAANZ Conference.
Citation
Chong, V.K. and Law, M.B.C. (2016), "The effect of a budget-based incentive compensation scheme on job performance: The mediating role of trust-in-supervisor and organizational commitment", Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 590-613. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAOC-02-2015-0024
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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