Accountability and Performance in Public Organizations: An Institutional Perspective and Institutional Design

Accountability and Performance in Public Organizations: An Institutional Perspective and Institutional Design

Institutional analysis can provide a range of relevant perspectives for observing organizations. Thus, an accountability dilemma in an organization can be investigated through an institutional framework. How can we understand the accountability dilemma in a public organization and obtain insight using an institutional theory lens? How do such accountability dilemmas occur in a public organization? Can an institutional theory explain this? I assume that institutional changes can surely generate an accountability dilemma. This paper explores how institutional theories could explain accountability dilemmas in public organizations. I also seek to develop a conceptual framework to relieve the accountability tension. This article distinguishes among regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional systems and separates change in individuals from organizational continuity.

Institutional analysis can provide a range of relevant perspectives for observing organizations. Thus, an accountability dilemma in an organization can be investigated through an institutional framework. How can we understand the accountability dilemma in a public organization and obtain insight using an institutional theory lens? How do such accountability dilemmas occur in a public organization? Can an institutional theory explain this? I assume that institutional changes can surely generate an accountability dilemma. This paper explores how institutional theories could explain accountability dilemmas in public organizations. I also seek to develop a conceptual framework to relieve the accountability tension. This article distinguishes among regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional systems and separates change in individuals from organizational continuity.