Toward a theory of accountability in organizations and human resource management.

摘要: Accountability may be the most fundamental factor in organizing and organizations, while at the same time the most underinvestigated or conceptualized. As such, it is appropriate to define the concept, review the relevant technical literature, and to model it toward a general theory of accountability. Toward this end, definitional issues are addressed, and the contemporary literature on accountability is reviewed and organized. A framework is presented as a conceptual and analytical device that not only relates the relevant constructs …