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Managerial reforms, institutional norms, and democratic values have collectively shaped the present-day conception and theory of accountability in public administration. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To delineate the fragmented intellectual structure of accountability scholarship within public administration and integrate its conceptual evolution.

September 10, 2026International Journal of Public Administration

Accountability in Public Administration: A Review and Conceptual Integration

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VKV.K. Kaul USUjwal Shankar

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Systematic review uncovers the intellectual structure of accountability literature in public administration, highlighting how managerial reforms and democratic values shape modern governance.

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To delineate the fragmented intellectual structure of accountability scholarship within public administration and integrate its conceptual evolution.
Applied the PRISMA systematic review framework to identify 81 influential peer-reviewed articles in public administration.
Conducted citation and co-citation network analyses on the selected literature to map the intellectual structure of the field.
Demonstrated broad disciplinary fragmentation driven by divergent theoretical perspectives and practical implementation contexts.
Identified managerial reforms, institutional norms, and democratic values as the primary foundational drivers shaping contemporary accountability theory.

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Kaul et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27a5658559d80afc73058 https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2026.2690431

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September 10, 2026International Journal of Public Administration

Accountability in Public Administration: A Review and Conceptual Integration

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Authors

VKV.K. Kaul USUjwal Shankar

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Overview

Systematic review uncovers the intellectual structure of accountability literature in public administration, highlighting how managerial reforms and democratic values shape modern governance.

Key Points

To delineate the fragmented intellectual structure of accountability scholarship within public administration and integrate its conceptual evolution.
Applied the PRISMA systematic review framework to identify 81 influential peer-reviewed articles in public administration.
Conducted citation and co-citation network analyses on the selected literature to map the intellectual structure of the field.
Demonstrated broad disciplinary fragmentation driven by divergent theoretical perspectives and practical implementation contexts.
Identified managerial reforms, institutional norms, and democratic values as the primary foundational drivers shaping contemporary accountability theory.

Cite This Study

Kaul et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27a5658559d80afc73058 https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2026.2690431

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