University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester)· 2014
Accountability and the Promise of Performance: In Search of the Mechanisms
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- 2014year
Short summary
The assumed link between accountability and administrative performance is paradoxical, potentially spurious, or highly contingent, questioning reforms based on it.
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Key points
- The paper examines the assumed relationship between accountability and administrative performance.
- It uses a 'social mechanisms' approach to explore factors involved in account-giving and performance.
- The findings suggest the relationship is paradoxical, spurious, or highly contingent.
- This challenges the basis of many contemporary administrative reforms.
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Abstract
Abstract In an effort to determine the basis for the assumed relationship between accountabilityand performance that pervades much of contemporary administrative reform efforts, this paper applies a "social mechanisms" approach to elaborate the factors that might be involved in account giving and various forms of administrative performance. This searchfor mechanisms indicates that the relationship is paradoxical and either spurious or so contingent as to raise questions regarding administrative reforms based on it. Various theoretical approaches for dealing with the relationship are considered.
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Field: Public Administration
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