%0 Journal Article
%T In the Mayor We Trust? Trust as the Micro
%A Caroline Howard Gr£¿n
%A Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen
%J Administration & Society
%@ 1552-3039
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0095399718791541
%X This article investigates trust between politicians and public officials in local government. Beginning with Svara¡¯s claim that such relations are characterized by complementarity, we point to the importance of trust as the micro foundation for these relationships. Applying a mixed-methods strategy, we investigate a number of factors we expect to be related to the level of trust between politicians and public officials, as perceived by the latter. We find that the communication climate and a clear distribution of tasks correlate positively with trust, whereas an unstable environment correlates negatively with trust
%K trust
%K complementarity
%K local governments
%K public officials
%K politicians
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0095399718791541