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Reputational assets for local political leadership
In political games, a good reputation is an invaluable asset. Hence, this research intends to expand the current understanding of the determinants of success imperative for the reputation of local political leaders. This article reviews the literature on reputation management, as well as empirical c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8379445/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34458629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07800 |
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description | In political games, a good reputation is an invaluable asset. Hence, this research intends to expand the current understanding of the determinants of success imperative for the reputation of local political leaders. This article reviews the literature on reputation management, as well as empirical cases, to elucidate the reputational success factors of political leaders. Empirically, this study targets tenured mayors in Norway to distinguish key sources of their political reputation, which can be practically beneficial for political leadership. The theories delineated in the literature regarding political leadership were used to construct a typology containing three constructs to analyse political reputations. The findings in this article reveal that the key elements from behavioural, symbolic, and ethical constructs are important and should act in concert to build a good reputation. Within a system with limited formal political powers, efforts are needed to build soft power networks that provide the capacity to act. Politicians can learn ways to secure their support and enhance their power base from the identified reputational success factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-83794452021-08-26 Reputational assets for local political leadership Bjørnå, Hilde Heliyon Research Article In political games, a good reputation is an invaluable asset. Hence, this research intends to expand the current understanding of the determinants of success imperative for the reputation of local political leaders. This article reviews the literature on reputation management, as well as empirical cases, to elucidate the reputational success factors of political leaders. Empirically, this study targets tenured mayors in Norway to distinguish key sources of their political reputation, which can be practically beneficial for political leadership. The theories delineated in the literature regarding political leadership were used to construct a typology containing three constructs to analyse political reputations. The findings in this article reveal that the key elements from behavioural, symbolic, and ethical constructs are important and should act in concert to build a good reputation. Within a system with limited formal political powers, efforts are needed to build soft power networks that provide the capacity to act. Politicians can learn ways to secure their support and enhance their power base from the identified reputational success factors. Elsevier 2021-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8379445/ /pubmed/34458629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07800 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bjørnå, Hilde Reputational assets for local political leadership |
title | Reputational assets for local political leadership |
title_full | Reputational assets for local political leadership |
title_fullStr | Reputational assets for local political leadership |
title_full_unstemmed | Reputational assets for local political leadership |
title_short | Reputational assets for local political leadership |
title_sort | reputational assets for local political leadership |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8379445/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34458629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07800 |
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