Performance evaluation of professional managers by local politicians:survey research in Dutch municipalities

This paper is concerned with performance evaluation of top professional managers by local politicians. Based on the opinions of a small group of experts and a written survey of 262 aldermen, it examines criteria and performance evaluation styles which are used by aldermen of Dutch municipalities - elected politicians - to evaluate performances of professional managers. The paper examines to what extent the large number of aldermen who participated in the survey displayed characteristics of politicians using the ‘operations-conscious’ (or ‘facilitating’) performance evaluation style. Based on p... Mehr ...