Purpose -The aim is to examine how the real estate owner (decisionmaker) can ensure that the preferred tasks are prioritised. In particular, the incentives to ensure motivation to perform in order to accomplish the strategic goals of the decisionmaker are investigated. Design/methodology/approach -This research is based on an interview study of nineteen firm representatives, six decisionmakers and thirteen management representatives, all from the Swedish commercial real estate sector. Findings

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... The study conclude that the real estate management organisation in the outsourced management setting is govern by the contract, in detail constituting work tasks, and in the in-house management setting there are a freedom with responsibilities instead of regulations. Research limitations/implications -The research in this paper is limited to Swedish commercial real estate sector Practical implications -The insight in the paper regarding how decisionmakers creates incentives for the real estate management organisation in the different organisational settings can provide inspiration to design incentives for effort. Originality/value -It provides an insight regarding how the industry, depending on organisation setting, prioritise different work tasks and how incentives are created to enable effort.