The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah

Accountability is strongly emphasised in the public sector, recognised as a list of duties implemented in meeting needs and wants of the people. In this study, public accountability examined as roles of public employees divided into internal and external accountability persists to provide the exact...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Aida
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.. 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29209/
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description Accountability is strongly emphasised in the public sector, recognised as a list of duties implemented in meeting needs and wants of the people. In this study, public accountability examined as roles of public employees divided into internal and external accountability persists to provide the exact representation of the actual role of employees in the public sector. The dichotomy provides an unprofound sense of what responsibilities are, especially within the Malaysian public sector. As such, this study was conducted among public administrators and items analysed through confirmatory factor analysis, and a final of 13 item-measurement construct validated. The findings show that internal and external accountability recognised as routine roles, which is placed under different ministries and efforts to strengthen public administrators’ skills in the implementation of these tasks, can avoid any form of misconduct that could impair their work performance. The theoretical and methodological issues in relation to public accountability constructs are discussed in light of these findings.
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spelling uitm-292092020-04-09T16:00:11Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29209/ The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah abrij Abdullah, Aida Management. Industrial Management Malaysia Personnel management. Employment management Accountability is strongly emphasised in the public sector, recognised as a list of duties implemented in meeting needs and wants of the people. In this study, public accountability examined as roles of public employees divided into internal and external accountability persists to provide the exact representation of the actual role of employees in the public sector. The dichotomy provides an unprofound sense of what responsibilities are, especially within the Malaysian public sector. As such, this study was conducted among public administrators and items analysed through confirmatory factor analysis, and a final of 13 item-measurement construct validated. The findings show that internal and external accountability recognised as routine roles, which is placed under different ministries and efforts to strengthen public administrators’ skills in the implementation of these tasks, can avoid any form of misconduct that could impair their work performance. The theoretical and methodological issues in relation to public accountability constructs are discussed in light of these findings. Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia.. 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29209/1/29209.pdf Abdullah, Aida (2019) The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah. (2019) Advances in Business Research International Journal (ABRIJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Advances_in_Business_Research_International_Journal_=28ABRIJ=29.html>, 5 (3). pp. 11-16. ISSN 2462-1838 https://abrij.uitm.edu.my
spellingShingle Management. Industrial Management
Malaysia
Personnel management. Employment management
Abdullah, Aida
The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah
title The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah
title_full The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah
title_fullStr The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah
title_full_unstemmed The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah
title_short The perceived public accountability among Malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / Aida Abdullah
title_sort perceived public accountability among malaysian public administrators: a validity test through confirmatory factor analysis / aida abdullah
topic Management. Industrial Management
Malaysia
Personnel management. Employment management
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29209/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29209/