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Xinyu Zhang is an assistant professor in accounting at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. His primary research interest is in management control systems and their application in practice. His current work examines how management control systems, which include incentives and feedback mechanisms, can bond or alienate individuals and ultimately influence cooperation and productivity among teams. Zhang is particularly interested in the antecedents and consequences of pro-social behavior and the factors leading to misreporting in organizations. He has authored several notable publications including research on the motivational effects of tangible rewards in group settings and the deterrence of misreporting in nonprofits. His work contributes to the broader fields of behavioral accounting and decision-making processes within management control frameworks.
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