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- Title
The Missing Element: Examining the Loyalty-Competence Nexus in Presidential Appointments.
- Authors
Ouyang, Yu; Haglund, Evan T.; Waterman, Richard W.
- Abstract
What distinguishes a loyal appointee from a competent one? Applying novel methodological tools to a unique data set of 3,366 resumes of individuals appointed by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama across 51 different federal institutions, we (1) provide an operational definition of loyalty and competence and (2) demonstrate that there are subdimensions of loyalty and competence. We also provide initial insights into how George W. Bush and Barack Obama employed the various subdimensions of competence and loyalty. Our most important contribution is to provide the missing element in principal-agent models and presidential appointment power, by identifying the background characteristics and subdimensions of loyalty and competence.
- Subjects
PRESIDENTS of the United States; APPOINTMENT to public office; LOYALTY; PERFORMANCE; UNITED States politics &; government, 21st century; ATTITUDE (Psychology)
- Publication
Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2017, Vol 47, Issue 1, p62
- ISSN
0360-4918
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/psq.12346