Research Interests:

Using an experimental methodology to examine management control system design and its effects on the judgment and decision-making of employees, managers, and investors.

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

• Sheeley, B. 2025. “Paying to Reduce Disparity: Financially Incentivizing Workforce Diversity and Its Effects on Managers’ Promotion Decisions and Employees’ Effort.” The Accounting Review 100 (2): 329-349. Link

Practitioner Publications

• Marsula, S., B. Sheeley, T. A. Thornock, and S. Winkelmann. 2025. “Making Upward Feedback Work Through Anonymity.” Strategic Finance. Link

Working Papers

• “Investor Judgments of Human Capital Initiatives: The Role of Initiative Type, Investor Orientation, and Financial Performance” with Ling Harris and Khim Kelly Link

• “How Anonymity Affects Manager Response to Negative Upward Feedback: The Moderating Role of Voluntariness” with Svenja Marsula, Todd Thornock, and Sandra Winkelmann

• “Pushed Out or Pulled Away? Signaling Effects of Pay-To-Quit Incentives on Employee Turnover” with Eric Chan and Todd Thornock

Works in Progress:

• “Pay-to-Quit Incentives in Teams” with Patrick Martin and Spencer Vogrinec

• “Hurdle Rates, Budget Charge Rates, and Managers’ Capital Allocation Decisions” with Steve Bachmann

• “Principal Information Set Ambiguity and Agent Decision Quality” with Reed Dickson