Conflictual Accountability: Behavioral Responses to Conflictual Accountability of Agencies

Thomas Schillemans; Sjors Overman; Paul Fawcett; Matthew Flinders; Magnus Fredriksson; Per Laegreid; Martino Maggetti; Yannis Papadopoulos; Kristin Rubecksen; Lise H. Rykkja; Heidi H. Salomonsen; Amanda Smullen; Koen Verhoest; Matthew Wood

doi:10.1177/00953997211004606

Conflictual Accountability: Behavioral Responses to Conflictual Accountability of Agencies

Thomas Schillemans^*, Sjors Overman, Paul Fawcett, Matthew Flinders, Magnus Fredriksson, Per Laegreid, Martino Maggetti, Yannis Papadopoulos, Kristin Rubecksen, Lise H. Rykkja, Heidi H. Salomonsen, Amanda Smullen, Koen Verhoest, Matthew Wood

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1232-1262
Number of pages	31
Journal	Administration and Society
Volume	53
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997211004606
Publication status	Published - Sept 2021

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Schillemans, T., Overman, S., Fawcett, P., Flinders, M., Fredriksson, M., Laegreid, P., Maggetti, M., Papadopoulos, Y., Rubecksen, K., Rykkja, L. H., Salomonsen, H. H., Smullen, A., Verhoest, K., & Wood, M. (2021). Conflictual Accountability: Behavioral Responses to Conflictual Accountability of Agencies. Administration and Society, 53(8), 1232-1262. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997211004606

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