1. Conflictual accountability : behavioral responses to conflictual accountability of agencies
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Schillemans, Thomas, Overman, Sjors, Fawcett, Paul, Flinders, Matthew, Fredriksson, Magnus, Laegreid, Per, Maggetti, Martino, Papadopoulos, Yannis, Rubecksen, Kristin, Rykkja, Lise H., Salomonsen, Heidi Houlberg, Smullen, Amanda, Verhoest, Koen, Wood, Matthew, Bestuur en beleid, UU LEG Research USG Public Matters, Bestuur en beleid, and UU LEG Research USG Public Matters
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Marketing ,Sociology and Political Science ,Public Administration ,Corporate governance ,05 social sciences ,Public administration ,0506 political science ,accountability ,governance ,Political science ,0502 economics and business ,Accountability ,050602 political science & public administration ,agencies ,conflictual accountability ,Law ,050203 business & management - 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.
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- 2021