Learning objectives

The course presents key concepts and frameworks relating to the “dialogic accounting” and “public engagement” literature. The evolution of digital tools, such as social media, provides new mechanism for local and national government to engage citizens in public decisions. Dialogic accounting and public engagement should be able to promote organisations’ accountability and participatory governance

Prerequisites and basic notions

phd student

Program

This course is designed to develop first academic knowledge and skills about the contribution and impacts of public engagement and dialogic accounting on public accountability. At the end of the course candidates are expected to critically reflect and discuss on possible relationship between dialogic accounting and PE in their specific research topics.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Readings
Compulsory before class:
Bellucci, M. and Manetti, G. (2017), “Facebook as a tool for supporting dialogic accounting? Evidence from large philanthropic foundations in the United States”, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 30 No. 4, pp. 874-905.


Readings after class:

TOPIC: Public engagement concept
Rowe, G. and Frewer, L.J. (2005), “A typology of public engagement mechanisms”, Science, Technology and Human Values, Vol. 30 No. 2, pp. 251-290.

French, P.E. (2011), “Enhancing the legitimacy of local government pandemic influenza planning through transparency and public engagement”, Public Administration Review, Vol. 71 No. 2, pp. 253-264.

TOPIC: Public engagement measurement on social media
Agostino, D. and Arnaboldi, M. (2016), “A measurement framework for assessing the contribution of social media to public engagement: an empirical analysis on Facebook”, Public Management Review, Vol. 18 No. 9, pp. 1289-1307.

Bonson, E. and Ratkai, M. (2013), “A set of metrics to assess stakeholder engagement and social legitimacy on a corporate Facebook page”, Online Information Review, Vol. 37 No. 5, pp. 787-803.

Chen, Q., Min, C., Zhang, W., Wang, G., Ma, X. and Evans, R. (2020), “Unpacking the black box: how to promote citizen engagement through government social media during the COVID-19 crisis”, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 110, pp. 1-11.

TOPIC: Public engagement during crisis

French, P. E. (2011). Enhancing the legitimacy of local government pandemic influenza planning through transparency and public engagement. Public Administration Review, 71(2), 253-264.


TOPIC: Dialogic accounting foundations
Bebbington, J., Brown, J., Frame, B. and Thomson, I. (2007), “Theorizing engagement: the potential of a critical dialogic approach”, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 356-381

Brown, J. (2009), “Democracy, sustainability and dialogic accounting technologies: taking pluralism seriously”, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 313-342.


TOPIC: Dialogic accounting in practice
Brown, J., & Dillard, J. (2014). Integrated reporting: On the need for broadening out and opening up. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal.

Manetti, G., Bellucci, M., & Oliva, S. (2021). Unpacking dialogic accounting: a systematic literature review and research agenda. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal.

Landi, S., Costantini, A., Fasan, M., & Bonazzi, M. (2021). Public engagement and dialogic accounting through social media during COVID-19 crisis: a missed opportunity?. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 35(1), 35-47.

Learning assessment procedures

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Assessment

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Scheduled Lessons