We Hold Ourselves Accountable: A Relational View of Team Accountability

Abstract

Accountability is of universal interest to the business ethics community, but the emphasis to date has been primarily at the level of the industry, organization, or key individuals. This paper unites concepts from relational and felt accountability and team dynamics to provide an initial explanatory framework that emphasizes the importance of social interactions to team accountability. We develop a measure of team accountability using participants in the USA and Europe and then use it to study a cohort of 65 teams of Irish business students over three months as they complete a complex simulation. Our hypotheses test the origins of team accountability and its effects on subsequent team performance and attitudinal states. Results indicate that initial team accountability is strongly related to team trust, commitment, efficacy, and identifying with the team emotionally. In established teams, accountability increases effort and willingness to continue to collaborate but did not significantly improve task performance in this investigation.

The study of the effect of performance accountability on performance management

“…Stewart et al (2021) investigated the effects of perceptual and relational accountability on team performance based on the theory of team dynamics, were accountability increased team members' sense of responsibility. Trust, commitment, and emotional identification with the team among team members deepened as accountability deepened, and team performance improved as team members' willingness to cooperate with each other and their efforts deepened [41]. Organizations intervene in employees' behaviour through accountability systems, which stimulates intrinsic motivation and indirectly improves the effectiveness of business performance management.…”

Peranan Masyarakat Sipil dalam Peningkatan Akuntabilitas Birokrasi Melalui Pengawasan Publik yang Aktif

“…Ketiga: Dukungan Pemerintah, yaitu: dukungan yang diberikan oleh pemerintah, baik dalam bentuk regulasi, alokasi dana, maupun pelatihan, dapat memberikan kontribusi signifikan dalam meningkatkan efektivitas peran masyarakat sipil dalam mengawasi birokrasi. Pemerintah harus memahami pentingnya transparansi sebagai strategi untuk meningkatkan akuntabilitas dan efektivitas pelayanan publik, dan juga harus memiliki tekad untuk mengimplementasikan kebijakan serta praktik yang mendukung prinsip-prinsip transparansi (Stewart et al, 2023). Hal ini mencakup keterlibatan aktif dalam pembuatan kebijakan yang mempromosikan akses terhadap informasi publik, peningkatan keterbukaan dalam proses pengambilan keputusan, dan pembentukan mekanisme yang memastikan bahwa informasi relevan tersedia bagi masyarakat secara adil dan terbuka.…”

“…Kekuasaan dalam pengawasan publik merujuk pada wewenang untuk memonitor dan mengatur layanan publik, dengan tujuan memastikan transparansi dan efisiensi (Habibillah & Magriasti, 2022). Akuntabilitas melibatkan tanggung jawab untuk mempertanggungjawabkan tindakan dan keputusan yang diambil dalam penyediaan layanan publik, yang menjadi penting untuk memelihara kepercayaan dan integritas (Stewart et al, 2023). Peran kewarganegaraan sangat signifikan dalam pengawasan publik, Dhiya Fahriyyah Maritza, Taufiqurokhman Taufiqurokhman (2024).…”

Audit Team Distance and Audit Quality Threatening Behavior

“…Humans are primarily social creatures and social relationships shape accountability (Painter-Morland 2006;Stewart, Synder, and Kou 2021). Team members with a smaller subjective distance could feel more accountable to their fellow members because of their close relationships (Stewart et al 2021). The closeness of team members with a smaller subjective distance helps convert individual actions into coordination and collaborative team effort (Meyerson, Weick, and Kramer 1996;Dirks 1999).…”