Administrative Turnover in State Government

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The frequency with which lop administrative officials in state government retain (or leave) their positions as agency heads is documented and discussions in this preliminary descriptive analysis of administrative turnover/tenure in state government. Two-year turnover rates during a 24-year period (1959-1983) are analyzed for 72 different types of administrative agencies in all 50 stales. Several findings ape prominent. (1) turnover rates have increased over time; (2) recently, about 50% of all state agency heads remain in the same position over each two-year period; (3) turnover is higher-among newly created agencies; and (4) turnover is higher among the directors of redistributive " agencies a1(d lower-among the heads of "distributive" agencies.

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