City managers' policy leadership in council-manager cities
By: Zhang, Yahong
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Contributor(s): FEIOCK, Richard C.
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ArticlePublisher: Cary : Oxford University, apr. 2010Subject(s): Administração Municipal | Liderança | Alta Administração PúblicaJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory - JPART 20, 2, p. 461-476Abstract: City managers' policy leadership has drawn great attention from scholars of public administration. However, what factors explain variation in managers' policy-making roles has not been systematically explored. This study investigates the mechanisms leading elected officials to defer to the manager in policy making. Survey data from Florida council-manager cities indicate that noninstitutional factors - such as mayors' political experience, managers' likehood that a council will allow a manager to exercise policy influence. The data reveal that city managers earn policy-making leadership at the expense of their administrative authority. Thus, managers must reconcile inherent tensions between responsability and compliance
City managers' policy leadership has drawn great attention from scholars of public administration. However, what factors explain variation in managers' policy-making roles has not been systematically explored. This study investigates the mechanisms leading elected officials to defer to the manager in policy making. Survey data from Florida council-manager cities indicate that noninstitutional factors - such as mayors' political experience, managers' likehood that a council will allow a manager to exercise policy influence. The data reveal that city managers earn policy-making leadership at the expense of their administrative authority. Thus, managers must reconcile inherent tensions between responsability and compliance
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