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Getting to Know You: Rules of Engagement for Political Appointees and Career Executives

Overview This research examines key assumptions that federal political executives make about career staff and debunk myths that are inherent in those assumptions. First, the paper examines the mythology surrounding political appointees and careerists. Anyone who has spent any time inside the beltway working in or with agencies of the federal government knows how powerful this mythology can be. The thing about myths is that they are more often based on exceptions than norms.

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Publisher	The Center for The Business of Government	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 2004	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Human Capital Management

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