Performance measurement in urban development: unfolding a case of sustainability KPIs reporting
Alsaid, Loai Ali Zeenalabden Ali and Ambilichu, Charles Anyeng (2023) Performance measurement in urban development: unfolding a case of sustainability KPIs reporting. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies. ISSN 2042-1168
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Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to explore the potential dynamics between performance measurement at the organisational level and emerging urban development projects at the macro-institutional field level of sustainability governance and accountability.
Design/methodology/approach
Using a theoretical triangulation between three theories, namely contingency theory, institutional theory and social cognitive theory, this study investigates not only the macro-micro dynamics, but also the (recursive) micro-macro dynamics between performance measurement and urban development. Using an Egyptian public sector urban development organisation and its sustainable energy project as an empirical example, interviews, documents and observations were collected.
Findings
The dynamics emerged between field urban development projects and the (unintended) organisational implementation of the performance measurement system, the sustainability key performance indicators (KPIs) reporting system. Contributing to previous literature, these dynamics have been institutionalised through (three) interrelated levels: the (macro-field) urban development contingencies and pressures for sustainability KPIs reporting, the (organisational) institutionalisation of the urban development performance measurement system and then the (micro-organisational) cognitive role of sustainability KPIs reports in (re)making political urban development decisions.
Research limitations/implications
This study faced some limitations that paved the way for future research axes. For political and security reasons, difficulties were encountered in conducting interviews with government actors in the sustainable energy project under study. Also, due to the practical separation of the environmental sustainability system from the sustainability KPIs reporting system in this case study, environmental sustainability is outside the scope.
Practical implications
Sustainability reports may influence public sector decision-making processes in a specific urban development context. These KPIs reports may also increase public sector management opportunities for urban auditing, transparency, accountability and sustainability governance. These KPIs may also guide public sector management to lower prices in poor villages to increase smart energy consumption and improve community health.
Social implications
Sustainability reports may increase decision-makers' understanding of consumer behaviours and societal changes. This may help in making appropriate political decisions to improve their welfare and regular smart energy consumption. Not only urban citizens, but this social advantage may also extend to urban development employees through employees' promotion, training and access to government-funded academic and professional scholarships.
Originality/value
This study is an attempt to develop current public sector performance measurement analyses in the emerging urban development field using a triadic analytical approach. This study also fed the literature with an extended case study that clarified the (multi-level) and (two-way) dynamics between performance measurement and urban development.
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-09-2021-0299 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Performance measurement, urban development, sustainability KPIs reporting, contingency theory, institutional theory, social cognitive theory | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-01 - business and management (non-specific) | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > Birmingham City Business School | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Gemma Tonks | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2023 14:53 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2023 11:48 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14230 |
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