Publication
Title
Conflictual accountability : behavioral responses to conflictual accountability of agencies
Author
Abstract
In contemporary public governance, leaders of public organizations are faced with multiple, and oftentimes conflictual, accountability claims. Drawing upon a survey of CEO's of agencies in seven countries, we explore whether and how conflictual accountability regimes relate to strategic behaviors by agency-CEO's and their political principals. The presence of conflictual accountability is experienced as a major challenge and is associated with important behavioral responses by those CEO's. This article demonstrates empirically how conflictual accountability is related to (a) controlling behaviors by principals, (b) constituency building behaviors by agencies, and (c) a general pattern of intensified contacts and information processing by both parties.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Administration and society. - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Publication
Thousand oaks : Sage publications inc , 2021
ISSN
0095-3997
DOI
10.1177/00953997211004606
Volume/pages
53 :8 (2021) , p. 1232-1262
Article Reference
00953997211004606
ISI
000638968400001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Publication type
Subject
Law 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 31.05.2021
Last edited 02.10.2024
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