The Irony of Accountability: How a Performance-Inducing Policy Reduces Motivation to Perform

• Main Author: Trinidad, Jose Eos R
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: accountability; education; organizations; quantification; well-being; Education; Educational Administration and Supervision
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/is-faculty-pubs/50; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/is-faculty-pubs/article/1049/viewcontent/trinidad_2023_the_irony_of_accountability_how_a_performance_inducing_policy_reduces_motivation_to_perform.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Although sociological and organizational studies have focused on the influence of quantification on behavior, the author focuses on quantification’s increasingly important consequences on well-being and motivation. Using the case of U.S. education, which has long relied on accountability policies, t...