Ivo Tafkov

Georgia State University

Assistant Professor

35 Broad Street

Atlanta, GA 30303-3083

United States

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The Effect of Reward Frequency on Performance under Cash Rewards and Tangible Rewards

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 May 2022
Andrew H. Newman, Ivo Tafkov, Nathan Waddoups and Grazia Xiong
University of South Carolina, Georgia State University, University of Denver and Utah State University
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incentives, reward frequency, tangible rewards, performance

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Mutual Monitoring and Team Member Communication in Teams

AAA 2017 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Aug 2016
Markus C. Arnold, R. Lynn Hannan and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and Georgia State University
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team-based incentives, mutual monitoring, team member communication, subjective performance evaluation

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The Effect of Past Performance and Task Type on Managers’ Target Setting Decisions: An Experimental Investigation

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Jan 2020
Markus C. Arnold, Martin Artz and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, University of Münster - Accounting Center and Georgia State University
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target setting, performance-to-target, target adjustments, target difference, task type

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The Effect of Target Transparency on Managers’ Target Setting Decisions

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Aug 2019
Markus C. Arnold, Martin Artz and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, University of Münster - Accounting Center and Georgia State University
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Target setting, target transparency, target divergence, help, cooperation

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Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams

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Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams

2015 AAA Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Markus C. Arnold and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and Georgia State University
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Team-based incentives, teams, discretion, task interdependence

Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams

2015 Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Annual Conference
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Dec 2014
Markus C. Arnold and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and Georgia State University
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Team-based incentives, teams, discretion, task interdependence

Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Jun 2019
Markus C. Arnold and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and Georgia State University

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team-based incentives, teams; discretion, task interdependence

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Bring the Noise, But Not the Funk: Does the Effect of Performance Measure Noise on Learning Depend on Whether the Learning is Experiential or Vicarious?

AAA 2018 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Aug 2017
Willie Choi, Gary Hecht, Ivo Tafkov and Kristy L. Towry
University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Georgia State University and Emory University
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strategic learning; performance measure noise; experiential learning; vicarious learning

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Juggling Creativity and Productivity: How Incentive Scheme and Task Switching Affect Creativity in a Multitask Environment

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 May 2019 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2023
Jeffrey Hales, Wenqian Hu and Ivo Tafkov
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, University of Waterloo and Georgia State University
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creativity; incentive scheme; multitask environment; quantity vs. creativity incentive; discretion in task switching; creative incubation

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The Effects of Relative Performance Information and Training Type on Employees’ Skill Development: An Experimental Investigation

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Dec 2023
Markus C. Arnold, Bei Shi, Ivo Tafkov and Elien Voermans
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Business School, Georgia State University and Erasmus School of Economics
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Skill development, training, relative performance information, training type, goal orientation

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The Effects of Incentive Scheme and Task Difficulty on Employees’ Altruistic Behavior Outside the Firm

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The Effects of Incentive Scheme and Task Difficulty on Employees’ Altruistic Behavior Outside the Firm

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Sep 2019
Andrew H. Newman, Ivo Tafkov and Flora H. Zhou
University of South Carolina, Georgia State University and Bentley University
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altruistic behavior; excessive entitlement; tournaments; incentives; task difficulty

The Effects of Incentive Scheme and Task Difficulty on Employees’ Altruistic Behavior Outside the Firm

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 17 Oct 2019
Andrew H. Newman, Ivo Tafkov and Flora H. Zhou
University of South Carolina, Georgia State University and Bentley University

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altruistic behavior, excessive entitlement, tournaments, incentives, task difficulty

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Candidate Selection in Business Units: Be the Best or Surround Yourself with the Best?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jan 2023
Jeremy B. Lill, Michael Majerczyk and Ivo Tafkov
University of Kansas, Georgia State University and Georgia State University
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Selection; Centralization; Information Ambiguity; Status

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The Effects of Reward Frequency and Reward Conditionality on Drivers of Employee Performance

Posted: 14 Apr 2023
Andrew H. Newman, Ivo Tafkov, Nathan Waddoups and Grazia Xiong
University of South Carolina, Georgia State University, University of Denver and Utah State University

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reward frequency, reward conditionality, task efficiencies

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The Impact of Knowledge Transfer on Investment in Knowledge Creation in Firms

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 07 Dec 2021
Ivo Tafkov, Kristy L. Towry and Flora H. Zhou
Georgia State University, Emory University and Bentley University

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knowledge creation, knowledge transfer, communication of goal linkages, goal dilution, goal congruence

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The Informativeness of Relative Performance Information and its Effect on Effort Allocation in a Multi-Task Environment

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Feb 2019
R. Lynn Hannan, Gregory P. McPhee, Andrew H. Newman and Ivo Tafkov
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Clemson University - Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, University of South Carolina and Georgia State University

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relative performance feedback, multi-task environment, effort allocation, informativeness

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Designing a Performance Feedback System in a Multi-Task Environment: Relative Performance Information Detail Level and Temporal Aggregation in a Multi-Task Environment

Posted: 04 Feb 2017
R. Lynn Hannan, Gregory P. McPhee, Andrew H. Newman and Ivo Tafkov
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Clemson University - Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, University of South Carolina and Georgia State University

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relative performance feedback, multi-task environment, effort allocation, performance

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A Marathon, a Series of Sprints, or Both? Tournament Horizon and Dynamic Task Complexity in Multi-Period Settings

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 21 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2015
Willie Choi, Andrew H. Newman and Ivo Tafkov
University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of South Carolina and Georgia State University

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tournaments, tournament horizon, dynamic task complexity

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Vicarious Learning Under Implicit Contracts

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 13 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2015
Willie Choi, Gary Hecht, Ivo Tafkov and Kristy L. Towry
University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Georgia State University and Emory University

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vicarious learning, strategic performance measurement systems, psychological distance, construal level theory

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Relative Performance Information in Tournaments with Different Prize Structures

Accounting, Organizations and Society, Forthcoming
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 28 May 2014
Andrew H. Newman and Ivo Tafkov
University of South Carolina and Georgia State University

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tournaments, relative performance feedback, prize structures, incentives

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The Effect of Relative Performance Information on Performance and Effort Allocation in a Multi-Task Environment

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2012
R. Lynn Hannan, Gregory P. McPhee, Andrew H. Newman and Ivo Tafkov
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Clemson University - Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, University of South Carolina and Georgia State University

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