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PhD (Washington State University).
Lan Guo joined 51本色 in 2008. Her research interests include performance measurement, incentive designs, pay disclosure, employee (un)ethical behaviors, and other behavioral topics mainly within the field of management accounting. In her research, she uses both experimental and survey methods. She is an Associate Editor at Accounting Perspectives and serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary Accounting Research and Behavioral Research in Accounting. She is also the Vice Chair of IMA Research Foundation. She has taught management accounting, data analytics and accounting information systems to undergraduate students and co-taught different PhD seminars. Prior to her academic career, she worked as an accountant in China Securities Depository & Clearing Corp. (Shanghai) and Construction Bank of China (Shanghai).
Papers in Refereed Journals
Chapters in Books
- Berger, L., L. Guo, and S. Wick. Forthcoming. Navigating unprecedented times: How managers' empathetic adjustment in a crisis influence employee effort in a competitive environment. Journal of Management Accounting Research.
- Berger, L., L. Guo, K. Matthews, and C. Wong. In press. Strategic bias in team members communication about relative contribution: The effects of voluntary communication and explanation. Behavioural Research in Accounting.
- Guo, L., K. Huo and T. Libby. 2023. Cooperate or Compete? The Impact of Vertical Wage Dispersion on Employees’ Behavior in Tournaments. Management Accounting Research 58, 100817.
- Berger, L., L. Guo and A. Presslee. 2023. Motivating Employees with Goal-Based Prosocial Rewards. Contemporary Accounting Research 40(1), 231-256.
- Andrejkow, J., L. Berger, and L. Guo. 2022. Conscious and nonconscious goal pursuit in multidimensional tasks. Accounting, Organizations and Society 103, 101376.
- Berger, L., L. Guo, and T. King. 2020. Selfish Sharing? The Impact of the Sharing Economy on Tax Reporting Honesty. Journal of Business Ethics, 167(2): 181-205.
- Guo, L., T. Libby, X. K. Liu, and Y. Tian. 2020. Vertical pay dispersion, peer observability, and misreporting in a participative budgeting setting. Contemporary Accounting Research, 37(1): 575-602.
- Guo, L., T. Libby, B. Wong-On-Wing and D. Yang. 2019. Strategy evaluation when using a strategic performance measurement system: An examination of motivational and cognitive biases. Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research 21: 97-126.
- Guo, L., T. Libby and X. K. Liu. 2017. The effects of vertical pay dispersion: Experimental evidence in a budget setting, Contemporary Accounting Research, 34(1): 555-576.
- Bendoly, E., L. Guo, Y. Hu and J. Tobias. 2017. Organizational antecedents and operational outcomes of production-sales bilateral information exchange. International Journal of Operations and Production Management 37 (8): 1031-1053. The paper won IJOPM’s 2017 Outstanding Paper Award.
- Zheng, P., C. Ren and L. Guo. 2017. Social responsibility information disclosure, media report and individual investors’ investment decisions, Business Management Journal (China), 556 (4): 37-50.
- Guo, L., D. Stone, S. Bryant, B. Wier, A. Nikitkov, C. Ren, E. Riccio, M. Shen, S. Trabelsi, L. Zhang. 2013. Are consumers’ financial needs and values common across cultures? Evidence from six countries. International Journal of Consumer Studies 37 (6): 675-688.
- Guo, L., B. Wong-On-Wing, and G. Lui. 2013. Input-based performance evaluation, incentive intensity, and proactive work behavior. Advances in Management Accounting 22: 185-223.
- Guo, L., B. Wong-On-Wing, and G. Lui. 2012. Motivational effects of linking incentives to different measures in strategic performance measurement systems: Implications for proactive strategic behavior. Advances in Management Accounting 20: 209-240.
- Wong-On-Wing, B., L. Guo, and G. Lui. 2010. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for participative budgeting: Antecedents and consequences. Behavioral Research in Accounting 22(2): 133-153.
- Wong-On-Wing, B., L. Guo, W. Li, and D. Yang. 2007. Reducing conflict in balanced scorecard evaluations. Accounting, Organizations, and Society 32(4-5): 363-377.
Chapters in Books
- Farrar, J. and L. Guo. 2018. Structural equation modeling in Behavioral Accounting Research. In Routledge Companion to Behavioral Accounting Research, edited by T. Libby and L. Thorne, pp. 388-399.
- Shi, C. V., and L. Guo. 2012. Profit target setting for multiple divisions: A newsvendor perspective. In Handbook of Newsvendor Problems (pp. 341-359). Springer New York.
Contact Info:
E: laguo@wlu.ca
F: 519.884.0201
Office location: LH2027
Office hours: By Appointment.
Languages spoken: English, Mandarin