Administrative tradition and management reforms: a comparison of agency chief executive accountability in four Continental Rechtsstaat countries

Tobias Bach, Sandra van Thiel, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Reto Steiner

Public Management Review, 2017, vol. 19, issue 6, 765-784

Abstract: This article investigates perceived accountability patterns of national agencies’ chief executives in four countries with a Rechtsstaat tradition and tests theoretical expectations about potential tensions between managerial reforms and administrative values using survey data (N = 453). All countries combine old and new forms of accountability requirements, while legal and financial accountability have not been replaced with results accountability. Switzerland and the Netherlands score highest on results accountability, though in combination with legal and financial accountability, which are dominant in Germany and Austria. Nation-specific characteristics seem more important for core values of public administration than generic characteristics of the Rechtsstaat model.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205

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