Accountability and Coalitions: Evidence from a Negotiation Experiment

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bouwman, Robin; van Thiel, Sandra; van Deemen, Ad; Rouwette, Etienne
• 署名单位: Radboud University Nijmegen; Radboud University Nijmegen; Radboud University Nijmegen; Radboud University Nijmegen; Radboud University Nijmegen
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12858
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 37-47
• 关键词: public-service motivation; Time pressure; sector; networks; constituents; context; LABOR; work

摘要

This article tests the effect of accountability on negotiation outcomes in a face-to-face classroom experiment. Student participants were asked to form coalitions in groups of three. In the treatment condition, negotiators were held accountable by a personal forum during the formation of the coalition. In the control condition, negotiators were not held accountable. Results show that accountability leads to lower group performance in coalition negotiations. Accountability also reduced the willingness of negotiators to include all negotiators in a grand coalition. Rather, accountable negotiators reached agreement with a subset of negotiators. Accountability increased the odds of reaching no agreement. These findings challenge the idea of increased performance as a result of public accountability in the context of coalition negotiations.