Accountability Environment in the Classroom: Student Personality Does Matter

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Abstract

This paper examines the role of accountability in the classroom. Accountability is defined as the need to justify or defend one’s actions to an evaluator who has potential reward or sanction power (Frink & Klimoski, 1998). While accountability is a growing research conversation among scholars, more focus needs to be dedicated to understanding how the dispositional traits of students interact with classroom accountability mechanisms. Specifically, this manuscript explores the interaction of personality and the accountability environment on student performance. The findings from this empirical investigation indicate there is a significant interaction between personality and accountability environment when it comes to predicting student performance.

Authors

• Jermaine Vesey

• Winona Burt Vesey, University of Houston - Clear Lake