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Enhancing NDPB accountability: improving relationships with upward and downward stakeholders

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  • Gary Martin
  • Ciaran Connolly
  • Tony Wall

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This paper examines the relationship between Northern Ireland Non-departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) and two key stakeholders, sponsoring government departments and service users, and outlines how this relationship can impact on a NDPB discharging its accountability responsibilities effectively. After discussing the concept of accountability, the paper presents the findings of a survey of, and interviews with, NDPB board members. Whilst the consensus was that NDPBs were effective in discharging accountability, there was frustration with an apparent absence of an arms’ length relationship with certain sponsoring departments and limited engagement with service users.

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  • Gary Martin & Ciaran Connolly & Tony Wall, 2018. "Enhancing NDPB accountability: improving relationships with upward and downward stakeholders," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(9), pages 1309-1331, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:20:y:2018:i:9:p:1309-1331
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2017.1363905
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