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County and City Managers: Professionalism, Election Systems, Relationships with Elected Officials and Job Security

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Municipalities (cities and towns) and counties are those general purpose local governments that make policies affecting our everyday lives, e. g., police and fire protection, sanitation, land use regulation, libraries, and parks. Appointed officials in municipalities influence policy decisions and the distribution of these services. So one might assume that stability or turnover of appointed officials is likely to affect policy decisions and the distribution of services. This is an analysis of data collected from a stratified random sample of city managers, county managers, city council members, and county commissioners in North Carolina. The hypotheses are that professionalism, relationships between elected and appointed officials, election systems, and job satisfaction are related to the length of time city and county managers serve a municipality. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression, Cramer's V, and Kendall’s tau-c. The results may improve efficiency and effectiveness of local governments by reducing turnover of city and county managers–a significant problem in Pitt County and the City of Greenville in recent years.

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Mani, Bonnie. and Mitchell, Patricia. "County and City Managers: Professionalism, Election Systems, Relationships with Elected Officials and Job Security" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 15, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83620_index.html>

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Mani, B. G. and Mitchell, P. J. , 2004-04-15 "County and City Managers: Professionalism, Election Systems, Relationships with Elected Officials and Job Security" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83620_index.html

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Abstract: Municipalities (cities and towns) and counties are those general purpose local governments that make policies affecting our everyday lives, e. g., police and fire protection, sanitation, land use regulation, libraries, and parks. Appointed officials in municipalities influence policy decisions and the distribution of these services. So one might assume that stability or turnover of appointed officials is likely to affect policy decisions and the distribution of services. This is an analysis of data collected from a stratified random sample of city managers, county managers, city council members, and county commissioners in North Carolina. The hypotheses are that professionalism, relationships between elected and appointed officials, election systems, and job satisfaction are related to the length of time city and county managers serve a municipality. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression, Cramer's V, and Kendall’s tau-c. The results may improve efficiency and effectiveness of local governments by reducing turnover of city and county managers–a significant problem in Pitt County and the City of Greenville in recent years.

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County and City Managers: Professionalism Election Systems Relationships with Elected Officials and Job Security By Bonnie G. Mani Ph.D. Patricia Mitchell D.P.A. Department of Political Science East Carolina University Greenville North Carolina 27858-4353 Telephone Number: 252 328-1060 Facsimile Number: 252 328-4134 Paper prepared for presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April 17 2004 Chicago Illinois. Do not cite duplicate or distribute without the authors’ permission. County and City Managers: Professionalism Election Systems Relationships with
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