Abstract
A suggestive facet of organizational behavior concerns the type of role strains engendered by given occupations or occupational settings. A neglected area of study in this context is the practice of politics as a vocation. The author uses role analysis to develop a conceptual scheme for analyzing role strains among elected political officials. Seven general sources of strain are suggested, and typical reactions of politicians to them are analyzed. The conflicts that often exist between and among the politician's several roles are considered, and the conditions under which conflict is most likely to occur are outlined. Finally, five research hypotheses are set down, and some practical advantages of further research in this framework are suggested. William C. Mitchell is a teaching assistant in government in Harvard University and is also a Congressional Fellow engaged in research on the United States Congress.
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