Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference
Year
2008
Abstract
This communication shows how the concept of accountability is reinterpreted by members of a French public sector firm, in which a performance measurement and management system embedding this concept has been recently introduced. The case study suggests that intercultural differences can shed light on this reinterpretation. Indeed in Anglo-Saxon countries accountability and related systems can directly associated with the local conception of social relationships, whereas in France accountability impinges on the local rationale of honour that infuses social life.
BOURGUIGNON, A., SAULPIC, O. et ZARLOWSKI, P. (2008). Re-interpreting Accountability in the French Public Sector. Dans: Research Seminar ‘The shadow line of accountability: performances and controls across public and private ‘. Venice.