Happily unaccountable? Perceptions of accountability by public managers

Perceptions of Malaysian Local Government Managers on Accountability Typology

Accountability is a concept that has been difficult to clearly identify or measure. There is disagreement over definitions of accountability and a lack of empirical evidence about ways the concept might be dimensionalized, although there is agreement that it is multi-dimensional in nature. The aim of this study is to provide evidence of the existence of common types of accountability that are c...

Perceptions of Project Managers

Many organizations depend on the success of rapidly deployed, limited time frame and multipartner projects as an important element of their business strategies. Information management is regarded as a critical and upmost important issue, especially in projects. Complex projects require additional team collaboration and a consistent information management strategy to support the development of t...

Inferring Accountability from Trust Perceptions

Opaque communications between groups of data processors leave individuals out of touch with the circulation and use of their personal information. Empowering individuals in this regard requires supplying them — or auditors on their behalf — with clear data handling guarantees. We introduce an inference model providing individuals with global (organization-wide) accountability guarantees which t...

Public Accountability of Autonomous Public Organizations

Managers’ Perceptions of Information System Project Success

The adequate measurement of information system project success is a yet unsolved problem. Although researchers agree on the concept’s multi-dimensionality, a generally accepted definition does still not exist. This article presents findings from a confirmatory study with 86 projects to test three alternative approaches to measure information system project success using the project managers’ su...