Accountability effects on performance : the influence of knowledge, ability and task complexity.

• Main Author: Kao, Alison Ko Yun.
• Other Authors: Tan, Hun Tong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Auditing::Auditors
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20205
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper investigates how knowledge, ability and task complexity can moderate the relationship between accountability and performance. Prior literature has not examined how the effects of accountability on performance are contingent on the complexity of the task, and individual differences in know...