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

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

doi:10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Administrative tradition and management reforms : a comparison of agency chief executive accountability in four continental Rechtsstaat countries
Authors:	Bach, Tobias van Thiel, Sandra Hammerschmid, Gerhard Steiner, Reto
DOI:	10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205
Published in:	Public Management Review
Volume(Issue):	19
Issue:	6
Page(s):	765
Pages to:	784
Issue Date:	2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1471-9037 1471-9045
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	350: Public administration
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.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/12741
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Management and Law

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Bach, T., van Thiel, S., Hammerschmid, G., & Steiner, R. (2017). Administrative tradition and management reforms : a comparison of agency chief executive accountability in four continental Rechtsstaat countries. Public Management Review, 19(6), 765–784. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205

Bach, T. et al. (2017) ‘Administrative tradition and management reforms : a comparison of agency chief executive accountability in four continental Rechtsstaat countries’, Public Management Review, 19(6), pp. 765–784. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205.

T. Bach, S. van Thiel, G. Hammerschmid, and R. Steiner, “Administrative tradition and management reforms : a comparison of agency chief executive accountability in four continental Rechtsstaat countries,” Public Management Review, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 765–784, 2017, doi: 10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205.

BACH, Tobias, Sandra VAN THIEL, Gerhard HAMMERSCHMID und Reto STEINER, 2017. Administrative tradition and management reforms : a comparison of agency chief executive accountability in four continental Rechtsstaat countries. Public Management Review. 2017. Bd. 19, Nr. 6, S. 765–784. DOI 10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205

Bach, Tobias, Sandra van Thiel, Gerhard Hammerschmid, and Reto Steiner. 2017. “Administrative Tradition and Management Reforms : A Comparison of Agency Chief Executive Accountability in Four Continental Rechtsstaat Countries.” Public Management Review 19 (6): 765–84. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205.

Bach, Tobias, et al. “Administrative Tradition and Management Reforms : A Comparison of Agency Chief Executive Accountability in Four Continental Rechtsstaat Countries.” Public Management Review, vol. 19, no. 6, 2017, pp. 765–84, https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2016.1210205.