Date of Award
1996
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Leadership Studies
Abstract
Though both participation in General Assembly from a lobbyist's perspective and library research, this project addresses the question: How do lobbyists serve as leaders to interest groups and within the political process? The content of this research explores the role of lobbyists as leaders in the political context. This project tracks the lobbyist's behavior and actions (not just the evolution of a bill) at specific points in the legislative process. Finally, the tasks lobbyists perform and the role they fill in the political process are defined in terms of leadership theory. In the context of this definition, lobbyists are analyzed as 1) leaders rather than managers, and 2) as transactional leaders.
Recommended Citation
Beeland, Kelly L., "Lobbyists : leadership in a political context" (1996). Honors Theses. 1152.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/1152