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100			_aDemir, Tansu
245			_aUnderstanding shared roles in policy and administration: An empirical study of council-manager relations
260			_c2012
300			_ap.526-536.
362			_aJul-Aug
520			_aRecent literature in public administration emphasizes enhanced collaboration between elected and administrative officials. The complementarity view is presented as an alternative to the traditional politicsﾖadministration dichotomy. At the center of this new perspective lies the concept of shared roles between elected officials and public administrators with respect to policy making and administration. This article expands the emerging literature on role sharing by proposing and testing new variables to understand what enhances the policy-making role of city managers and the administrative role of elected officials. Employing data collected from a nationwide survey of city managers and utilizing structural equation modeling methodology, this research finds that the councilﾒs expectations and the city managerﾒs role conception significantly influence the city managerﾒs involvement in policy making, while the context of policy making, the city managerﾒs support, and the councilﾒs access to resources affect elected officialsﾒ involvement in administration. This article aims to make a cumulative contribution to the literature on role sharing.
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aReddick, Christopher G.
773			_aPublic Administration Review
908			_aN
909			_a97214
999			_c97214 _d97214