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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788800103321

Autore

Brehm John <1960->

Titolo

Teaching, tasks, and trust : functions of the public executive / / John Brehm and Scott Gates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-61044-080-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

The Russell Sage Foundation series on trust

Disciplina

352.3

Soggetti

Government executives

Civil service - Personnel management

Supervision of employees

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Alternative Roles; Part I: Training; Chapter 2: Empirical Data on Training; Chapter 3: Adapting Preferences; Part II: Task Management; Chapter 4: Task Allocation in Public Bureaucracies; Chapter 5: Task Allocation in Policing; Part III: Trust Brokering; Chapter 6: Trust Brokering; Chapter 7: Rules, Trust, and the Allocation of Time; Chapter 8: Leadership: Middle Managers and Supervision; Notes; References; Index