dc.contributor.author	Coyle, Ian
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-23T18:50:18Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-23T18:50:18Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-15
dc.identifier.other	a0ab8729-33f0-4509-907c-b3c7082797a2	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/6712
dc.description.abstract	County managers choose to remain in their position, and in doing so increase their tenure in their position or in their career as a local government manager, for a variety of reasons, which include various factors of influence in the areas of political stability, organizational attributes, position attributes, compensation and benefits, personal preferences and motivations and community qualities and demographics. This study addressed what groupings of factors have the most influence on a county manager’s decision to remain in their position. Using a national study of county managers in the United States, I surveyed 1,216 county managers seeking their inputs on what factors of influence were most impactful in their decision to remain in their present position. Tenure in both current position and tenure in terms of overall county government management service were both significantly related to certain factor groupings. Overall, managers’ valuations of certain factors of influence on tenure—specifically position attributes, age, educational level and community qualities and demographics—did not have significant effects.	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	CHAPTER I: STUDY OVERVIEW 1 -- Research Objectives 2 -- Measurements, Goals, and Research 4 -- Summary 10 -- Dissertation Plan 15 -- CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 16 -- Problem Statement and Overview 16 -- Intergovernmental Relations, County Management and Conflict 16 -- School Superintendents and Public Sector Tenure 18 -- City Managers and Public Sector Tenure 20 -- County and City Management: Similarities and Differences 26 -- County Manager Tenure 34 -- Political Stability, Board Relationships, and Manager Tenure 35 -- The Role of Region 38 -- Summary 41 -- CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 43 -- Summary and Review 43 -- Sample and Population 44 -- Survey Instrument and Analysis 45 -- Data Collection 47 -- Study Limitations, Caveats and Concerns 49 -- Concluding Comments 50 -- Chapter IV: RESULTS 52 -- Demographic Trends 53 -- Dependent Variables 56 -- Key Independent Variables 57 -- Regression Analysis 59 -- Model 1 60 -- Model 2 62 -- Summary 65 -- CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION 66 -- Overview of Findings 68 -- Sample and Instrument—Discussion and Limitations 69 -- Contributions and Connections to the Literature 71 -- Opportunities and Recommendations for Future Research 74 -- Concluding Discussion 79 -- REFERENCES 82 -- APPENDIX A: IRB Consent/Approval 89 -- APPENDIX B: Full survey 91 -- APPENDIX C: Operational Definitions of the Factors of Influence 99 -- APPENDIX D: Cover Letter and Email Survey Solicitation 102 -- APPENDIX E: Regional Variation 104 -- APPENDIX F: Frequencies and Percentages of Responses to the 26 Factors 108.	en_US
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dc.subject	Public administration	en_US
dc.subject	County government	en_US
dc.subject	County manager government	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.title	Examining Factors That Influence the Tenure of County Managers	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Political Science of the College of Arts and Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Bailey, Mandi B.
dc.description.committee	LaPlant, James
dc.description.committee	Barasckay, Daniel
dc.description.degree	D.P.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	Public Administration	en_US