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ing their leadership capacity. Severa l inte rviewees admitted
that they were r apidl y reac hing the point of b urnou t. As a
result, a high percen tage of these leaders indicated that
they were more than ready to take advantage of the em-
ployee pensions that they h ad earned, and for which many
ofthemwouldsoonbeeligible.
Another par t of the study showed t hat due to th e peri-
odic expansion s and contra ction s this agenc y had experi -
enced in t heir s taffi ng str uctur e duri ng the previous te n
years(theagencyseemedtogroworshrinkwitheachnew
administratio n), the next two lower le vels of leadership
were filled by relati vely ...