Individual, organizational, and institutional accountability
A systematic literature review in public administration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16775657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yanwei Li (0000-0002-6928-2478, Shandong University, corresponding author), Joop Koppenjan (0000-0002-0099-5760, Erasmus University Rotterdam), Huanming Wang (0000-0001-5173-1514, Dalian University of Technology) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2764-2794 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Management Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-9037 • E-ISSN: 1471-9045 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14719037.2024.2369799 |
| OpenAlex | W4399928125 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 86 |
This study reviews accountability’s nature, conceptualization, antecedents, and consequences. It shows that accountability studies in the public administration field are fragmented and incoherent. The results of different studies go in different directions partly because scholars study accountability on different levels: individual, organizational, and institutional/programme. It is suggested that accountability at the individual level, its antecedents and consequences, and the interactivity of human agencies, organizations, and institutions should gain more scholarly attention
Accountability · Business · Political science · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
Anti-Corruption Efforts and Citizen-Initiated Accountability
Who is this for? How felt accountability shapes the enactment of accountability in public service delivery
Changes in the accountability obligation, intensity, and working drive of public employees
Advancing Accountability in Unsettled Times
Why officials are held strictly accountable
Assuming accountability in the absence of control
Exploring how individual and shared accountability shape risk management approaches in public service delivery
Seeking Legitimacy Through Accountability
Accountability and High‐Effort Coping Strategies of Public Employees
Holding AI Accountable Like Herding Cats
Accountability for policy decisions
Trade-offs between accountability and discretion in job performance
Cabinet Turbulence and Political Scandals—Accountability Under Pressure
Seeking mechanisms underlying accountability in crises
Doing Critical Management Research
Process Metaphysics
On the shoulders of giants
Analysing and Assessing Accountability
A validated measurement for felt relational accountability in the public sector
Accountability intensity and bureaucrats’ response to conflicting expectations
Aligning accountability arrangements for ambiguous goals
Public value and public sector accounting research
The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability
A Systematic Review of Field Experiments in Public Administration
Assessing Administrative Accountability
Analyzing Accountability Relationships in a Crisis
Politics, Administration, and Markets
Impact of Competing Accountability Requirements on Perceived Work Performance
Ensuring Accountability in Human Services Contracting
Accountability When Hierarchical Authority Is Absent
Accountability through public participation? Experiences from the ten-thousand-citizen review in Nanjing, China
Linking macro‐level mechanisms to street‐level accountability practices. A cross‐national case study of street‐level accountability of social workers in government funded homeless shelters
Further Understanding Accountability in Public Organizations
Does Horizontal Accountability Work
Two Models of Teacher Accountability
Horizontal, Vertical, and Hybrid
Daring to be a Daniel
Public–Private Partnerships and the Public Accountability Question
Accountability and Coalitions
Social Accountability and Institutional Change
Management of Multiple Accountabilities Through Setting Priorities
Accountability in Governance Networks
Pathologies of Accountability
Multi‐layered Accountability. Performance‐based Funding of Universities
Accountability and organizational performance in the public sector
Does Public Accountability Work? An Assessment Tool
Dissecting multiple accountabilities
Changing Forms of Accountability in Education? A Case Study of LEAs in Wales
Theorizing and Explaining Voluntary Accountability
Accountability’
Scrutinize Me, Please! The Drivers, Manifestations and Implications of Accountability‐seeking Behaviour
Accountability After Structural Disaggregation
Accountability of immigration administration
The audit report as an instrument for accountability in local governments
Assessing formal accountability for public policies
Reshaping public accountability
The impact of co-production on frontline accountability
Two Concepts of Accountability
Accountability in the Public Sector
Welfare Reform, Mississippi Style
State Social Services Contracting
Measuring Accountability for Results in Interagency Collaboratives
Gauging the Effects of Social Accountability on Services, Governance, and Citizen Empowerment
Contracting and Accountability in State Medicaid Reform
Toward a Public Administration Theory of Felt Accountability
Explaining the Accountability of Independent Agencies
Accountability Agreements in Ontario Hospitals
A Closer Look at Contract Accountability
Balancing Accountability and Risk in Program Implementation
The Accountability Cube
Predicting Public Sector Accountability
Global Information Technology Pressure and Government Accountability
Serving many masters
Understanding Felt Accountability
Does E‐Government Promote Accountability? A Comparative Analysis of Website Openness and Government Accountability
Is hierarchy the only answer? The accountability preferences of Chinese public employees in public service delivery
Conceptual "Stretching" Revisited
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 14 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |