Published Research

  • Kelly, K., W. Liu, and A. Presslee. 2023. The interactive effect of organizational identification and reward type on employees’ reward valuation. Contemporary Accounting Research, 40(3): 1733-1759. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12868

  • Presslee, A., G. Richins, S. Saiy, and A. Webb. Forthcoming. Small sample field study: The effects of team-based recognition on employee engagement and effort. Management Accounting Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mar.2022.100829

  • Choi, W., and A. Presslee. 2023. The effort effects of tangible versus cash rewards: The mediating role of categorization. Accounting, Organizations and Society. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2645966

  • Berger, L., L. Guo, and A. Presslee. 2022. Motivating employees with goal-based prosocial rewards. Contemporary Accounting Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12821

  • Brown, C., J.H. Evans, D. Moser, and A. Presslee. 2022. The strength of performance incentives, pay dispersion, and lower-paid employee effort. Journal of Management Accounting Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/JMAR-2021-032

  • Mitchell, T., A. Presslee, A. Schulz, and A. Webb. 2022. Needs versus wants: Which motivates more effort? Journal of Management Accounting Research, 34(1): 187-207. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/JMAR-2019-505

  • Birnberg, J., W. Choi, and A. Presslee. 2021. Giving customers decision rights: A field study of pay-what-you-want pricing at a performing arts theatre. Accounting Perspectives, 20(2): 201-225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3838.12251

  • Burt, I., T. Libby, and A. Presslee. 2020. The impact of superior-subordinate identity and possible ex post adjustment on subordinate expectancy and performance. Journal of Management Accounting Research, 32(1): 31-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/jmar-52559

  • Kelly, K., A. Presslee, and A. Webb. 2017. The effects of tangible rewards versus cash rewards in repeated sales tournaments: A field experiment. The Accounting Review, 92(6): 165-185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-51709

  • Kelly, K., and A. Presslee. 2017. The interactive effect of winner proportion and tournament group identity on tournament performance. Accounting, Organizations & Society, 56: 21-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2016.12.001

  • Presslee, A., T. Vance, and A. Webb. 2013. The effects of reward type on the difficulty of self-set goals, goal commitment, and performance. The Accounting Review, 88(5): 1805- 1831. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2308/accr-50480

  • Boritz, J., F. Borthwick, and A. Presslee. 2012. The effect of business process representation type on assessment of business and control risks: Diagrams versus narratives. Issues in Accounting Education, 27(4): 895-915. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2308/iace-50144

Working Papers

  • Bauer, T., A. Deore, A Presslee, and J. Shaw. The interactive effect of reward type and taxation on employee effort.

  • Chen, Y., A. Presslee, and S. Yang. The effect of functional diversity on virtual team creativity: Behavioral and fNIRS Evidence. SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4174447

  • Choi, W., J. Clark, and A. Presslee. Designing real-effort tasks to study motivation: Conceptual guidance and practical application.

  • Evans, J.H., A. Presslee, and A. Vandenberg. Peer-to-peer recognition leaderboards and employee helping behavior. SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4126324