Dr. Fleming to present at the American Society for Public Administration conference in March 2019 in Washington, DC

Dr. Casey Fleming will present a project at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration in March 2019 in Washington, DC. This study, with data drawn from interviews and survey data of city and county managers across three southeastern states, investigates the factors affecting career trajectories or the “path to managerhood” of local government executives, including formal skills, professional and social networks, and mentoring as well as luck and good fortune.