Accountability at the Micro-level of Social Aggregation
This project aims to explore the accountability that exists between individuals and within small groups and establish potential notions of accountability at this level of social aggregation, along with considering wider reaching effects for institutions and wider society.
Accountability at the Micro-level of Social Aggregation
Accountability extends far beyond accounting and reporting. Our relationship with others, ethics, and the wider symbolic order provides a rich context for accountability to exist and be maintained, affecting individuals and institutions alike.
Dr David Yates
Project Description
Relations between individuals and within small groups constitute important sites for social exchange, performance, negotiation, and coordination. Within such groups, accountability relationships form and are maintained though social interaction. Such interactions are often shielded from the public eye, and take place within spaces and environments where different symbolic rules and practices govern behaviour. Such interactions can carry significance for the effective use of capital, organisational governance, relationships, ethics, and decision-making. Therefore, this project seeks to explore the practices and notions of accountability within such micro-level social interactions, the implications for the stakeholders involved, and the consequences of such actions for accountability of institutions and wider society.
Dr David Yates leads the project, with input from affiliated academics: Professor Ataur Belal (Sheffield), Dr Rita DiFrancesco, Professor Ivo de Loo, Professor Alan Lowe, Dr Florian Gebreiter.
Key Research Outputs
- Yates, D., & Difrancesco, R. M. (2021). The view from the front line: shifting beneficiary accountability and interrelatedness in the time of a global pandemic. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal.
- Yates, D., Belal, A., Gebreiter, F., & Lowe, A. (2020). Trust, accountability and the Other within the charitable context: UK service clubs and grant-making activity. Financial Accountability and Management.
- Yates, D., Gebreiter, F., & Lowe, A. (2019). The internal accountability dynamic of UK service clubs: towards (more) intelligent accountability?. Accounting Forum (Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 161-192).