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100			_aVeit, Sylvia
245			_aLinking administrative career patterns and politicization: signalling effects in the careers of top civil servants in Germany
260			_c2016
300			_ap.516-535.
362			_aSep
520			_aThis article explores the influence of two types of signalling on the career success of civil servants in the federal ministerial bureaucracy of Germany. Whereas 'ability signalling' displays bureaucratic expertise in the sense of both political craft and administrative management competencies, 'intention signalling' indicates party politicization. Data are drawn from the biographies of 341 civil servants within the two highest ranks in federal ministries and the chancellery who held office between 2002 and 2013. Taking gender, formal education and career patterns into consideration, we are able to find clear evidence for 'intention signalling', whereas 'ability signalling' plays only a minor role. Over time, the accelerating effect of 'intention signalling' on administrative careers is increasing. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aCivil service
700			_aScholz, Simon
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
909			_a112408
999			_c112403 _d112403