Exploring the Psychopolitical Dynamics of Advisory Relations

"The Carter Administration's "Crisis of Confidence

Bibliographic Data

ID6337233
AuthorsMichael W Link, Michael Link, Betty Glad
Year1994
Volume15
Issue3
Pages461
Publication date1994-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3791567
OpenAlexW2334244327
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

A president's personality is an important variable which affects the selection of individuals from whom he seeks counsel and influences both the advice he is given as well as the extent to which this advice is followed. Using personality theory as a tool and the Carter presidency as a case study, this research delineates five advisory relation types: reality testing, bolstering, reality testingbolstering (mixed), compensatory, and proxy. The data show that advisory types differ in the ways in which they respond to a president's political and psychological needs. We conclude that Carter's personality permitted him, under normal circumstances, to maintain close relationships with reality testing aides who gave him information that would question his own modus vivendi. But under conditions of threat to his personal prestige and power, those advisers who bolstered his own view of himself would have the most impact

Administration (probate law · Advisory committee · Dynamics (music · Political science · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · History, Medicine, and Leadership · Law · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Public Administration

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