Proceedings of the First International Conference on Economics, Business and Social Humanities, ICONEBS 2020, November 4-5, 2020, Madiun, Indonesia

Research Article

Analysis of Accountability Influence on Local Government Performance – A Case Study in a Local Government

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.4-11-2020.2304604,
        author={Riska  Natalisma and Fransiskus  Randa and Ferdinandus  Sampe},
        title={Analysis of Accountability Influence on Local Government Performance -- A Case Study  in a Local Government},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Economics, Business and Social Humanities, ICONEBS 2020, November 4-5, 2020, Madiun, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICONEBS},
        year={2021},
        month={2},
        keywords={public accountability; government; performance; indonesia},
        doi={10.4108/eai.4-11-2020.2304604}
    }
    
  • Riska Natalisma
    Fransiskus Randa
    Ferdinandus Sampe
    Year: 2021
    Analysis of Accountability Influence on Local Government Performance – A Case Study in a Local Government
    ICONEBS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.4-11-2020.2304604
Riska Natalisma1, Fransiskus Randa1,*, Ferdinandus Sampe1
  • 1: Department of Magister Accounting, Atma jaya Makassar University
*Contact email: tatoranda@gmail.com

Abstract

The study aims at investigating public accountability influence on government performance. Public accountability in form of legal accountability, honesty, process, policy, result, program and financial accountability as well as local government perferomance were identified. Data were collected from Toraja Regency – Indonesia. Questionnaires were sent to local government officers, members of local parliament, as well as public figures in Toraja Regency were interviewed. Seven hypotheses were tested. The results reveal that legal, honesty, process, policy, result, program and financial accountability have positive significant influence on local government performance. It is sugested that local parliamentary members and local pulic figures create a system in order to keep accountability of governmental activities.