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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

Expectancy Theory in a Budgetary Setting: A Reply.

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HRHoward O. Rockness

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Overview

The article responds to critiques on expectancy theory application in a budgetary context, highlighting key issues.

Key Points

  • The aim is to clarify the author's expectancy model of motivation within a budgetary framework and address critiques.
  • Reviewed comments on the expectancy theory model from Dillard and Jiambalvo.
  • Explained the experimental design used to test the model's descriptive validity in a laboratory setting.
  • Manipulated conditions to maintain a constant expected value across different budget conditions.
  • The study found that lowering the probability of meeting a budget was balanced by higher rewards for successful performance.
  • Responses of subjects were influenced by their choice between meeting budget goals or other performance levels without rewards.

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Howard O. Rockness (1979) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba426d4e9516ffd37a29d8https://doi.org/10.2308/tar-4496529
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  1. 1Expectancy Theory in a Budgetary Setting: A Comment.1979
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  3. 3A Test of the Expectancy Theory of Motivation in An Accounting Environment: A Comment.1979
  4. 4Performance in a Budget-Based Control System: An Extended Expectancy Theory Model Approach.1990
  5. 5A Test of the Expectancy Theory of Motivation in an Accounting Environment.1977