caa a22 4500 606223169 CHVBK 20210128101137.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11115-013-0267-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11115-013-0267-2 Performance and Accountability—A Theoretical Discussion and an Empirical Assessment [Elektronische Daten] [Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid] This paper starts with a theoretical discussion on the relationship between performance and accountability in public organizations with a special focus on administrative reforms. Accountability theory, based in the work of Dubnick/Romzek, Bovens, Behn, Bouckaert, Halligan and Pollitt, is discussed and related to different aspects of performance. How ambiguous is the relationship between accountability and performance? Do different types of accountability relate to different aspects of performance or pose certain challenges in NPM reforms, post-NPM reforms and hybrid reforms? The second part of the paper illustrates performance and accountability relations in a large welfare administration reform in Norway by addressing the experiences different actor have had of performance and accountability dynamics. We focus on how the reform has affected different kinds of accountability relations and the relationship between accountability and performance. The data used are document studies, interviews and survey data from a large evaluation project. A main finding is that the relationship between administrative reform and accountability is ambiguous and contested. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Administrative reform nationallicence Accountability nationallicence Performance nationallicence Welfare administration nationallicence Norway nationallicence Christensen Tom Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway aut Lægreid Per Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway aut Public Organization Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/2(2015-06-01), 207-225 1566-7170 15:2<207 2015 15 11115 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-013-0267-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-013-0267-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Christensen Tom Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lægreid Per Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Organization Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/2(2015-06-01), 207-225 1566-7170 15:2<207 2015 15 11115