Interpersonal trust and formal controls in low systemic trust societies
Ekanayake, S. 2003, Interpersonal trust and formal controls in low systemic trust societies, in 26th Annual EAA Congress Book, European Accounting Association, Seville, Spain, pp. 1-20.
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Interpersonal trust and formal controls in low systemic trust societies
This study is concerned with the role of interpersonal trust in management control. On the basis of a questionnaire survey and interviews of senior managers from business organisations in sri lanka, the study explores the control behaviour of superior managers when they trust or distrust their subordinates. Sri lanka, a society in which the dependence on interpersonal trust is high, was chosen for the study to maximise the effect of interpersonal trust.
The findings of this study indicate that a superior's high trust in a subordinate is associated with a low level of monitoring, a high level of social interactions, and a low reliance on formal controls. In contrast, a superior's low level of trust in a subordinate is associated with a high level of monitoring, a low level of social interactions, and a high reliance on formal controls. Because the data emanate from experienced senior managers, these findings are at least indicative of control behaviour of superior managers in sri lanka and possibly of similar countries in asia. An understanding of the control behaviour of managers in this region is particularly important for designing and implementing effective controls systems for firms, subsidiaries, branches or joint-ventures operating in the region.
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eng
Field of Research
150105 Management Accounting
Socio Economic Objective
910402 Management
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E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed
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