Experience counts: The chief justice, management tenure, and strategic behavior on the U.S. Supreme Court
We develop and test a theoretical account of the effect of management tenure on the strategic behavior of the chief justice of the United States. Substantial evidence from literatures on learning models and public management indicate that tenure (length of service) is positively related to managemen...
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| description | We develop and test a theoretical account of the effect of management tenure on the strategic behavior of the chief justice of the United States. Substantial evidence from literatures on learning models and public management indicate that tenure (length of service) is positively related to management performance in public organizations. This suggests that the chief justice’s tenure in office should be positively related to efficiency in the use of the chief justice’s formal powers. We assess this hypothesis by replicating and extending Johnson et al.’s study of chief justice Burger’s conference voting behavior. The data support our management tenure hypothesis, showing that Burger used greater discretion in reserving his conference vote over time as he became more adept at discriminating between circumstances when the tactic was strategically valuable and when it was not. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b80d172188604dd3a29a28a05333d4f52022-12-22T01:11:43ZengSAGE PublishingResearch & Politics2053-16802016-04-01310.1177/205316801664446410.1177_2053168016644464Experience counts: The chief justice, management tenure, and strategic behavior on the U.S. Supreme CourtJoseph Daniel Ura0Carla M. Flink1Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USAUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USAWe develop and test a theoretical account of the effect of management tenure on the strategic behavior of the chief justice of the United States. Substantial evidence from literatures on learning models and public management indicate that tenure (length of service) is positively related to management performance in public organizations. This suggests that the chief justice’s tenure in office should be positively related to efficiency in the use of the chief justice’s formal powers. We assess this hypothesis by replicating and extending Johnson et al.’s study of chief justice Burger’s conference voting behavior. The data support our management tenure hypothesis, showing that Burger used greater discretion in reserving his conference vote over time as he became more adept at discriminating between circumstances when the tactic was strategically valuable and when it was not.https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168016644464 |
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| title | Experience counts: The chief justice, management tenure, and strategic behavior on the U.S. Supreme Court |
| title_full | Experience counts: The chief justice, management tenure, and strategic behavior on the U.S. Supreme Court |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Experience counts: The chief justice, management tenure, and strategic behavior on the U.S. Supreme Court |
| title_short | Experience counts: The chief justice, management tenure, and strategic behavior on the U.S. Supreme Court |
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