Faculty/Staff Directory
Faculty/Staff Directory
First Name
Connor
Last Name
Brown
Email
browcono@gvsu.edu
Title
Assistant Professor
Office
3144 L. William Seidman Center
Department
- School of Accounting
Expertise
- Incentive Design & Motivation
- Performance Measurement
- Behavioral Accounting
Biography
Dr. Brown is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the School of Accounting. He has earned two degrees from the University of Pittsburgh: a B.S. in Finance and a Ph.D. in Accounting and Behavioral Economics. He is interested in exploring the behavioral effects of various performance measurement and reward systems with particular interest in the hidden consequences of managerial choices. In particular, he has researched employee perceptions of pay fairness in response to bonus opportunities, the effects of pay transparency policies relative to leaked pay information, and how employees respond to performance evaluation systems that are driven by artificial intelligence.
Dr. Brown enjoys reading (primarily science fiction), golf, and spending time with his wife, Kara, and two children, Alexa and Bennett.
Education
B. S. – Finance from University of Pittsburgh
Ph. D. – Accounting, Behavioral Economics from University of Pittsburgh
Teaching Areas
Managerial accounting
Strategic Cost Management and Decision Making
Publications
Brown, C. V. C., J. H. Evans, III, D. V. Moser, and A. Presslee. 2022. The strength of performance
incentives, pay dispersion, and lower-paid employee effort. Journal of Management
Accounting Research 34 (3): 59-76.