Tyler Thomas

Tyler Thomas received his Ph.D. in accounting from Michigan State University. He previously taught at Washington State University in Vancouver and has four years of experience as an auditor for the Washington State Department of Revenue. Thomas’ research examines how management accounting information can influence individuals’ judgments, decisions, and motivations. He focuses on how cost accounting, performance measurement, and other accounting-related factors can affect individual motivation to exert effort and make decisions in line with organizational goals.

Selected Published Journal Articles

• Thomas, T. (2016). Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems: An Examination of Organizational Goals and Accounting Feedback. Accounting, Organizations and Society (53), 1-16.
• Luft, J. & Shields, M. & Thomas, T. (2016). Additional Information in Accounting Reports: Effects on Management Decisions and Subjective Performance Evaluation Under Causal Ambiguity. Contemporary Accounting Research (33), 526-550.

Selected Submitted Journal Articles

• Thomas, T. & Thornock, T. (2017). Me vs. We: The Effect of Incomplete Team Member Feedback on Cooperation of Self-Regarding Individuals. Accounting, Organizations and Society
• Martin, R. & Thomas, T. (2017). Compensation Discretion as Insurance: How are Targets and Bonuses Affected when Superiors Have a Back-up Plan?. The Accounting Review

Working Papers

• Majerczyk, M. & Thomas, T. (2017). Superiors' Discretionary Bonus Pool Allocations when Agents Face Disparate Performance Risk.
• Matsumura, E. & Thomas, T. & Yatsenko, D. (2016). Adverse Effects of Confidence in Complex Cost Systems amid Competition.

Presentations

Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Research Conference ( 2017 ) Adverse Effects of Confidence in Complex Cost Systems amid Competition

BYU Accounting Research Symposium ( 2017 ) As Long as Someone is Choosing: The Effect of Contract Frame and Subordinates’ Contract Choice on Superiors’ Compensation Decisions

AAA Annual Meeting ( 2017 ) Adverse Effects of Confidence in Complex Cost Systems amid Competition

AAA Annual Meeting ( 2017 ) Compensation Discretion as Insurance: How are Targets and Bonuses Affected when Superiors Have a Back-up Plan?

AAA Annual Meeting ( 2017 ) Superiors’ Discretionary Bonus Pool Allocations when Agents Face Disparate Performance Risk

Management Accounting Section Research Conference ( 2017 ) Compensation Discretion as Insurance: How are Targets and Bonuses Affected when Superiors Have a Back-up Plan?

BYU Accounting Research Symposium ( 2016 ) Compensation Discretion as Insurance: How are Targets and Bonuses Affected when Superiors Have a Back-up Plan?

BYU Accounting Research Symposium ( 2016 ) Superiors’ Discretionary Bonus Pool Allocations when Agents Face Disparate Performance Risk

Iowa State University ( 2016 ) Compensation Discretion as Insurance: How are Targets and Bonuses Affected when Superiors Have a Back-up Plan?

AAA Managerial Accounting Section Midyear Conference ( 2016 ) Me vs. We: The Effect of Incomplete Team Member Feedback on Cooperation of Self-Regarding Individuals

UW-Madison Accounting Doctoral Alumni Conference ( 2015 ) Me vs. We: The Effect of Incomplete Team Member Feedback on Cooperation of Self-Regarding Individuals

GMARS - Global Management Accounting Research Symposium ( 2015 ) Me vs. We: The Effect of Incomplete Team Member Feedback on Cooperation of Self-Regarding Individuals

BRITE Lab Fall Research Symposium ( 2014 ) Me vs. We: The Effect of Incomplete Team Member Feedback on Effort Allocation between Individual and Team Performance

BYU Accounting Research Symposium ( 2014 ) Me vs. We: The Effect of Incomplete Team Member Feedback on Effort Allocation between Individual and Team Performance

University of Wisconsin-Madison ( 2014 ) Additional Information in Accounting Reports: Effects on Management Decisions and Subjective Performance Evaluations Under Causal Ambiguity

AAA Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations Research Conference ( 2013 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Revisions: An Examination of Organizational Goals and Accounting Feedback

GMARS - Global Management Accounting Research Symposium ( 2013 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems: An Examination of Organizational Goals and Accounting Feedback

Cornell University ( 2013 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems: An Examination of Organizational Goals and Accounting Feedback

Georgia Institute of Technology ( 2013 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems: An Examination of Organizational Goals and Accounting Feedback

University of Waterloo ( 2013 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems: An Examination of Organizational Goals and Accounting Feedback

University of Wisconsin-Madison ( 2013 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems: An Examination of Organizational Goals and Accounting Feedback

AAA Managerial Accounting Section Midyear Conference ( 2013 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems

Queen's University ( 2013 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems: An Examination of Organizational Goals and Accounting Feedback

Accounting Rookie Conference ( 2012 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems

BYU Accounting Research Symposium ( 2012 ) Motivating Revisions of Management Accounting Systems

AAA Annual Meeting ( 2011 ) Effects of the Number of Performance Measures on Management Decisions and Subjective Performance Evaluations

AAA Managerial Accounting Section Midyear Conference ( 2011 ) Effects of the Number of Performance Measures on Management Decisions and Subjective Performance Evaluations

Undergraduate Courses

Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting (MBA) (ACC 550), Spring 2008.

Advanced Cost Accounting (ACC 438), Spring 2008.

Advanced Accounting - Governmental and Nonprofit (ACC 430), Summer 2008.

Cost and Managerial Accounting (ACC 341 Section 003), Fall 2009.

Cost Accounting (ACC 338), Summer 2008.

Cost Accounting (ACC 338), Spring 2008.

Cost Accounting (ACC 338), Fall 2007.

Cost Accounting (ACC 338), Spring 2007.

Cost Accounting (ACC 338), Fall 2006.

Introduction to Taxation (ACC 335), Fall 2007.

Cost Management Systems. (AIS 310 Section 001), Spring 2015.