Jesica Handoko
Unika Widya Mandala Surabaya

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The Effect of Cognitive and Affective Aspects in Decision Making Using Balanced Scorecard JESICA HANDOKO; GUDONO GUDONO
The Indonesian Journal of Accounting Research Vol 9, No 3 (2006): IJAR September 2006
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33312/ijar.158

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This study examines the effect of decision makers’ cognitive and affective aspects in decision making, especially when a firm implementing Balanced Scorecard (BSC). Cognitive aspect deals with decision makers’ cognitive capabilities and characteristics in utilizing all kinds of BSC measures, including common and unique measures. Affective aspect deals with negative emotions that often present in interpersonal relationships. There were three hypotheses being tested in a laboratory experiment using 2x2x2x2 mixed-subjects design. One hundred and sixty eight Accountancy and Management graduate students from Gadjah Mada University were randomly assigned in one of eight treatment cells.The results show that common and unique measures do have statistically significant effects on performance evaluation judgment and bonus allocation, and decision makers place greater emphasis on common than unique measures. These findings consistent with prior research that suggest sample with BSC knowledge will be able to utilizing both kinds of BSC measures. Although there were no statistically significant support for affect effect, this study provide important evidences for the BSC adopters to consider the makers’ cognitive (and affective) aspects if they want to pursue effective Balanced Scorecard.
The Usefulness of Capacity Cost Reports in Increasing Profit Performance: An Experimental Study Jesica Handoko
The Indonesian Journal of Accounting Research Vol 16, No 1 (2013): IJAR January 2013
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33312/ijar.265

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One of the recent innovations in modern managerial accounting is the practice of reporting unused capacity costs. This experimental study is conducted using a 2x2x2x2x12 mixed-subjects design aiming to answer: (1) whether reporting unused capacity cost is benefiting to decision maker, that will reduce unused capacity; (2) whether, by considering market demand fluctuation in long-term periods, decision makers who receive capacity cost reports will outperform the other decision makers who did not receive capacity cost reports; (3) whether a linear model could be used to reduce negative impact (decreasing profit) that is suggested to be caused by capacity cost reports; and (4) whether locus of control interacts with capacity cost report to influence companies’ profit performance.One hundred and fifty eight undergraduate students of FEUKWMS participated in this experiment after they were deemed to have passed the manipulation checks and answered the research questions in full. There are several findings: first, by considering the within-subject period, this experiment supports a previous study (Buchheit, 2003), which found significant influence from interaction of variable Period*Cap_Rep*Demand to capacity decision (F-value 2.5806, p-value <0.05); second, 12 periods of within-subject couldn’t prove the anchoring-and-adjustment bias which causes non-optimally capacity cost reports benefit; third, there is an emerging indication about the influence of linear model and/or locus of control on a company’s performance, although it isn’t statistically significant. This provides evidence that implementing modern management accounting innovations needs objective mathematical/statistical tools and/or subjective consideration that arise from decision makers’ locus of control.