Accountability, Political Views, and Bureaucratic Behavior: A Theoretical Approach
Sangyub Ryu and
Yongjin Chang ()
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Sangyub Ryu: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Yongjin Chang: International University of Japan
Public Organization Review, 2017, vol. 17, issue 4, No 1, 494 pages
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Abstract This study has developed a theoretical framework to predict bureaucratic behaviors with career public officials’ political views (whether career public officials agree or disagree with their overhead political principals’ ideology) and bureaucratic accountability (accountability either to the overhead political principals or to the public sentiment) by adopting and extending Hirschman’s (1970) exit, voice, and loyalty model. Given the two conditions, this study has drawn four propositions of possible bureaucratic responses: loyalty; voice; exit; and silence. In addition, the stay scenario is discussed for passive bureaucrats regardless of the two dimensions. By incorporating relevant examples with the propositions, this study expects to contribute to a better understanding of bureaucratic behavior.
Keywords: Accountability; Political views; Bureaucratic behavior; Exit; Voice; Loyalty; Silence; Stay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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