... regulatory requirement or as an information tool for accountability and decision-making purposes. Natalia Aversano is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: naversano@unisa.it 12 07 2022 12 02 2023 26 04 2023 01 05 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald...

... performance in public services. This assumption implies a direct relationship between the PA and the performance of provinces (Cavalluzzo and Ittner, 2004). It has been argued that the existence of a PA signals accountability. Officials perceive the PA as a performance contract between provinces and the Thai...

...), diffuse accountability issues that have to do with elementary and secondary education – what the government needs to do in such eventuality is revoke or discontinue the license, induce market dynamics, i.e. consumer choice, effect continuing efforts to improve quality of all schools, become more...

...Mike Bolton Expectations of public sector organisations have changed. The public increasingly expects them to have private sector performance focus but public sector accountability. Discusses the particular issues of establishing performance measures (and a performance‐related culture...

...Arie Halachmi Performance measurement can promote both accountability and improved performance but schemes that are geared for one purpose may not be ideal for promoting the other. This paper suggests that performance measurement can involve the siphoning of resources from “production” to overhead...

...R.P. Mohanty Briefly examines the concept of accountability and what is distinguishable as account behaviour. Discusses research on accountability and its implications for productivity management. Introduces dual focus of accountability (′upwards′ and ′downwards′) and contemplates a number...