caa a22 4500 60622307X CHVBK 20210128101136.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11115-014-0290-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11115-014-0290-y Political Orientation and Policy Involvement of City Managers: An Empirical Study of the Value-Activity Relationship [Elektronische Daten] [Tansu Demir, Christopher Reddick] Research shows that city managers have adopted a political orientation toward their roles in an effort to increase their contributions to democratic governance. This paper asks the research question, does political orientation with its focus on collaboration, democratic principles, and representation impact political responsiveness and political neutrality? This study examines the relationship between these values, by specifying and testing four theoretical models of increasing complexity. Using survey data collected from a nationally representative sample of U.S. city managers, this study finds that politically orientated managers are more likely to get involved in the policy process. However, the impact of policy involvement on political responsiveness and political neutrality varies depending on the type of policy involvement. The findings of this research contribute to the literature on politics-administration relationship. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Professional values nationallicence City managers nationallicence Survey research nationallicence Local government nationallicence Demir Tansu College of Public Policy, Department of Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, 501 W. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., 78207, San Antonio, TX, USA aut Reddick Christopher College of Public Policy, Department of Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, 501 W. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., 78207, San Antonio, TX, USA aut Public Organization Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/4(2015-12-01), 581-598 1566-7170 15:4<581 2015 15 11115 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-014-0290-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-014-0290-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Demir Tansu College of Public Policy, Department of Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, 501 W. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., 78207, San Antonio, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reddick Christopher College of Public Policy, Department of Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, 501 W. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., 78207, San Antonio, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Organization Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/4(2015-12-01), 581-598 1566-7170 15:4<581 2015 15 11115