Accounting for the effects of accountability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4421426 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer S Lerner (0000-0002-1255-4196, Decision Sciences (United States)), Philip E Tetlock (0000-0002-6535-530X) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 255-275 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0033-2909.125.2.255 |
| PMID | 10087938 |
| OpenAlex | W2101903660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 430 |
| References cited | 85 |
This article reviews the now extensive research literature addressing the impact of accountability on a wide range of social judgments and choices. It focuses on 4 issues: (a) What impact do various accountability ground rules have on thoughts, feelings, and action? (b) Under what conditions will accountability attenuate, have no effect on, or amplify cognitive biases? (c) Does accountability alter how people think or merely what people say they think? and (d) What goals do accountable decision makers seek to achieve? In addition, this review explores the broader implications of accountability research. It highlights the utility of treating thought as a process of internalized dialogue; the importance of documenting social and institutional boundary conditions on putative cognitive biases; and the potential to craft empirical answers to such applied problems as how to structure accountability relationships in organizations
Accountability · Action (physics) · Business · Cognition · Craft · Empirical research · Epistemology · Feeling · Management accounting · Political science · Process (computing) · Public relations · Social accounting · Accounting · Accounting and Organizational Management · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Neuroscience · Organizational Learning and Leadership · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 409 |
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| Citations per year | 16,54 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 381 |