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100			_aHong, Sounman _916170
245			_aLoyalty or competence: Political use of performance information and negativity bias
260			_bPublic Administration Review
300			_a79(6), Nov/Dec, 2019: p.829-840.
520			_aThis article explores how political principals weigh loyalty and competence in public personnel decisions. Exploiting the abrupt shift in political leadership following the impeachment of President Park Geun‐hye of Korea, the authors examine how the newly elected president made the decision to retain or dismiss 118 agency heads appointed by the previous administration. The evidence shows the importance of loyalty in managerial survival: those who had a political patronage relationship with the ousted president were less likely to survive in the new administration. However, the authors also demonstrate the relevance of competence, as measured by the outcomes of agency performance evaluation. Further, the article shows the existence of negativity bias: the punishment for low performance is greater than the reward for high performance. Finally, the authors provide support for the idea that political principals reward loyalists, but only if they show acceptable levels of competence. - Reproduced.
650			_aLoyalty _916171
650			_aDecision making _916172
700			_aKim, Youngrok _916173
773			_aPublic Administration Review
906			_aPolitical leadership
942			_2ddc _cAR