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Arnold, H. J. 1981. A test of the validity of the multiplicative hypothesis of expectancy-valence theories of work motivation. The Academy of Management Journal 24(1): 128-141.
Bartol, K. M. 1976. Expectancy theory as a predictor of female occupational choice and attitude toward business. The Academy of Management Journal 19(4): 669-675.
Behling, O. and F. A. Starke. 1973. The postulates of expectancy theory. The Academy of Management Journal 16(3): 373-388.
Behling, O., C. Schriesheim and J. Tolliver. 1975. Alternatives to expectancy theories of work motivation. Decision Sciences 6(3): 449-461.
Belkaoui, A. 1989. Behavioral Accounting: The Research and Practical Issues. Quorum Books.
Bonner, S. E. and G. B. Sprinkle. 2002. The effects of monetary incentives on effort and task performance: Theories, evidence, and a framework for research. Accounting, Organizations and Society 27(4-5): 303-345. (Summary).
Burns, A. J., T. L. Roberts, G. Posey, R. J. Bennett and J. F. Courtney. 2018. Intentions to comply versus intentions to protect: A VIE theory approach to understanding the influence of insiders awareness of organizational SETA efforts. Decision Sciences 49(6): 1187-1228. (SETA refers to security education, training, and awareness. VIE refers to the components of expectancy theory, i.e., valence, instrumentality, and expectancy).
Burt, I., T. Libby and A. Presslee. 2020. The impact of superior-subordinate identity and ex post discretionary goal adjustment on subordinate expectancy of reward and performance. Journal of Management Accounting Research 32(1): 31-49.
Butler, J. and K. Womer. 1985. Hierarchical vs. non-nested test for contrasting expectancy-valence models: Some effects of cognitive characteristics. Multivariate Behavioral Research: 335-352.
Collins, F. 2006. Career self-interest and concern for others - The effects of co-worker attitudes on fraudulent behavior. Accounting and the Public Interest (6): 95-115.
Campbell, S. V., T. Baronina and B. P. Reider. 2003. Using expectancy theory to assess group-level differences in student motivation: A replication in the Russian far east. Issues in Accounting Education (May): 125-136.
Connolly, T. 1976. Some conceptual and methodological issues in expectancy models of work performance motivation. Academy of Management Review: 179-186.
Cyert, R. M., W. R. Dill and J. G. March. 1958. The role of expectations in business decision making. Administrative Science Quarterly 3(3): 307-340.
Darboe, K. 2003. An Empirical Study of the Social Correlates of Job Satisfaction Among Plant Science Graduates of a Mid-Western University: A Test of Victor H. Vroom's 1964 Expectancy Theory. University Press of America.
DeSanctis, G. 1983. Expectancy theory as explanation of voluntary use of a decision support system. Psychological Reports (52): 247-260.
Dillard, J. F. 1979. Valence-instrumentality-expectancy model validation using selected accounting groups. Accounting, Organizations and Society 4(1-2): 31-38.
Dillard, J. F. 1981. A longitudinal evaluation of an occupational goal-expectancy model in professional organizations. Accounting, Organizations and Society 6(1): 17-26.
Dillard, J. F. and J. Jiambalvo. 1979. Expectancy theory in a budgetary setting: A comment. The Accounting Review (July): 630-634.
Ferris, K. R. 1977. A test of the expectancy theory of motivation in an accounting environment. The Accounting Review (July): 605-615.
Ferris, K. R. 1979. A test of the expectancy theory of motivation in an accounting environment: A response. The Accounting Review (April): 412-413.
Galbraith, J. and L. Cummings. 1967. An empirical investigation of the motivational determinants of task performance: Interactive effects between instrumentality-valence and motivation ability. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance (2): 237-257.
Geen, R. G., E. Donnerstein and E. I. Donnerstein. 1998. Human Aggression: Theory, Research, and Implications for Social Policy. Academic Press.
Geiger, M. A. and E. A. Cooper. 1996. Using expectancy theory to assess student motivation. Issues in Accounting Education (Spring): 113-129.
Geiger, M. A., E. A. Cooper, I. Hussain, B. T. O'Connell, J. Power, K. Raghunandan, D. V. Rama and G. Sanchez. 1998. Using expectancy theory to assess student motivation: An international replication. Issues in Accounting Education (February): 139-156.
Green, T. B. 1992. Performance and Motivation Strategies for Today's Workforce: A Guide to Expectancy Theory Applications. Greenwood Publishing Group.
Green, T. B. 1992. Performance and Motivation Strategies for Today's Workforce: A Guide to Expectancy Theory Applications. Quorum Books.
Griffin, L. and A. Harrell. 1991. An empirical examination of managers' motivation to implement just-in-time procedures. Journal of Management Accounting Research (3): 98-112. (Summary).
Harrell, A. and M. Stahl. 1986. Additive information processing and the relationship between expectancy of success and motivational force. The Academy of Management Journal 29(2): 424-433.
Harrell, A. and M. J. Stahl. 1984. Modeling managers' effort-level decisions for a within-persons examination of expectancy theory in a budget setting. Decision Sciences 15(1): 52-73.
Harrell, A., C. Caldwell and E. Doty. 1985. Within-person expectancy theory predictions of accounting students' motivation to achieve academic success. The Accounting Review (October): 724-735.
Holloway, H. 2010. The Thin Ideal: A Study in Expectancy Theory. VDM Verlag.
House, R. J., H. J. Shapiro and M. A. Wahba. 1974. Expectancy theory as a predictor of work behavior and attitude: A re-evaluation of empirical evidence. Decision Sciences 5(3): 481-506.
Johnson, S. G. 1978. An evaluation of expectancy-instrumentality theory as a model of organizational interaction. Johnson.
Johnson, W. B. 1979. A test of the expectancy theory of motivation in an accounting environment: A comment. The Accounting Review (April): 409-411.
Kaplan, S. 1985. Evaluation of research on expectancy theory predictions of auditor effort judgments. Advances in Accounting (3): 332-340.
Klein, H. 1989. An integrated control theory model of work motivation. Academy of Management Review 14(2): 150-172.
Klein, S. M. 1973. Pay factors as predictors to satisfaction: A comparison of reinforcement, equity, and expectancy. The Academy of Management Journal 16(4): 598-610.
Kominis, G. and C. R. Emmanuel. 2007. The expectancy-valence theory revisited: Developing an extended model of managerial motivation. Management Accounting Research (March): 49-75.
Kopelman, R. 1977. Across-individual, within-individual and return on effort versions of expectancy theory. Decision Sciences (8): 651-662.
Kopelman, R. E. and P. H. Thompson. 1976. Boundary conditions for expectancy theory predictions of work motivation and job performance. The Academy of Management Journal 19(2): 237-258.
Latham, G. P. 2006. Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, and Practice (Foundations for Organizational Science). Sage Publications.
Liddell, W. W. and R. J. Solomon. 1977. A critical reanalysis of "A test of two postulates underlying expectancy theory". The Academy of Management Journal 20(3): 460-464.
Miller, F. P., A. F. Vandome and J. McBrewster, Editors. 2009. Motivation: Motivation. Drive Theory, Cognitive Dissonance, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Frederick Herzberg, Self-efficacy, Equity Theory, Expectancy Theory. Alphascript Publishing.
Miller, L. E. and J. E. Grush. 1988. Improving predictions in expectancy theory research: Effects of personality, expectancies, and norms. The Academy of Management Journal 31(1): 107-122.
Mitchell, T. and L. Beach. 1977. Expectancy theory, decision theory, and occupational preference and choice. Human Judgment and Decision Processes in Applied Settings. Academic Press: 203-226.
Muchinsky, P. M. 1977. A comparison of within-and across-subjects analyses of the expectancy-valence model for predicting effort. The Academy of Management Journal 20(1): 154-158.
Muchinsky, P. M. 1977. The consistency of intrasubject valence and instrumentality measures: A methodological consideration. The Academy of Management Journal 20(2): 321-327.
Murray, D. and K. B. Frazier. 1986. A within-subjects test of expectancy theory in a public accounting environment. Journal of Accounting Research (Autumn): 400-404.
Popp, D. 2006. Meta-expectations: A theory of expectancy effects in social interaction. ProQuest/UMI.
Reinharth, L. and M. A. Wahba. 1975. Expectancy theory as a predictor of work motivation, effort expenditure, and job performance. The Academy of Management Journal 18(3): 520-537.
Rockness, H. O. 1977. Expectancy theory in a budgetary setting: An experimental examination. The Accounting Review (October): 893-903.
Rockness, H. 1979. Expectancy theory in a budgetary setting: A reply. The Accounting Review (July): 635-636.
Ronen, J. and J. L. Livingstone. 1975. An expectancy theory approach to the motivational impacts of budgets. The Accounting Review (October): 671-685.
Rynes, S. and J. Lawler. 1983. A policy-capturing investigation of the role of expectancies in decisions to pursue job alternatives. Journal of Applied Psychology (68): 620-631.
Schuler, R. S. 1980. A role and expectancy perception model of participation in decision making. The Academy of Management Journal 23(2): 331-340.
Schwab, D., J. Olian-Gottlieb and H. Heneman. 1979. Between subjects expectancy theory research: A statistical review of studies predicting effort and performance. Psychological Bulletin (86): 139-147.
Sheridan, J. E., J. W. Slocum Jr. and M. D. Richards. 1974. Expectancy theory as a lead indicator of job behavior. Decision Sciences 5(3): 507-522.
Sims, H. P. Jr., A. D. Szilagyi and D. R. McKemey. 1976. Antecedents of work related expectancies. The Academy of Management Journal 19(4): 547-559.
Snead, K. C. 1991. An application of expectancy theory to examine managers' motivation to utilize a decision support system. Abstract. Journal of Management Accounting Research (3): 213-222. (Summary).
Snead, K. C., W. A. Johnson and A. A. Ndede-Amadi. 2005. Expectancy theory as the basis for activity-based costing systems implementation by managers. Advances in Management Accounting (14): 253-275.
Stahl, M. J. and A. M. Harrell. 1981. Modeling effort decisions with behavioral decision theory: Toward an individual differences model of expectancy theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance (27): 303-325.
Stahl, M. J. and A. M. Harrell. 1983. Using decision modeling to measure second level valences in expectancy theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance: 23-34.
Starke, F. A. and O. Behling. 1975. A test of two postulates underlying expectancy theory. The Academy of Management Journal 18(4): 703-714.
The Academy of Management Journal. 1976. Erratum: Boundary conditions for expectancy theory predictions of work motivation and job performance. The Academy of Management Journal 19(4): 685.
Vroom, V. 1964. Work and Motivation. New York, NY: Wiley and Sons.
Vroom, V. 1994. Work and Motivation. Jossey Bass.
Walker, K. B. and E. N. Johnson. 1999. The effects of a budget-based incentive compensation scheme on the budgeting behavior of managers and subordinates. Journal of Management Accounting Research (11): 1-28. (Summary).
Wolf, G. and T. Connolly. 1981. Between-subject designs in testing expectancy models: A methodological note. Decision Sciences (12): 39-45.
Zedeck, S. 1977. An information processing model and approach to the study of motivation. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance (18): 47-77.