Personal staffs of political leaders play an increasingly important role in modern government. Although much publicized, personal staffs are, however, one of the least studied aspects of government. This paper brings together the anecdotal writings of political observers, the formulations of organizational theorists, and the historical analyses of historians and sociologists in an attempt to develop an ideal-typical model of personal staffs. The authors suggest that personal staffs in modern government are a means of mitigating the dilettantism of political leaders in their relations with competing power groups, including the public bureaucracy.
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