The influence of information presentation order and evaluation time horizon on the outcome effect |
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Authors: | Lasse Mertins James H. Long |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Accounting, College of Business and Economics, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252‐0001, USA;2. School of Accountancy, College of Business, Auburn University, 301 Lowder Hall, Auburn, AL 36849‐5247, USA |
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Abstract: | The outcome effect occurs when an evaluation is influenced by knowledge of the outcome, even when it is unclear that the outcome provides additional information about the evaluatee's performance. This phenomenon has received considerable attention in the accounting and psychology literatures, which rely on cognitive or motivational factors to account for the outcome effect. However, prior research has not considered the impact of information presentation order or the evaluation time horizon. We evaluate prior research in accounting and conclude that information presentation order could have significantly impacted the outcome effect observed in these studies. We then report the results of an experiment that provides evidence that information presentation order plays a significant role in the existence and magnitude of the outcome effect. In addition, we find that the length of the evaluation time horizon is positively related to the magnitude of the outcome effect when conditions favor a recency effect. |
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Keywords: | Outcome effect Performance evaluation Information presentation order Evaluation time horizon Recency |
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