领导,特别是乡镇基层领导,直接工作、生活在群众中,直接指挥、引导群众,直接接受群众的监督。群众普遍期望乡镇领导者有一个好的形象:一方面期望“象个领导”;另一方面又期望“不象个领导”。这种双向的、相互矛盾的期望形象,是由乡镇领导者的“两距”所决定的 Leadership, especially the leadership of township grass-roots units, work directly and live among the masses, directly command and guide the masses and directly accept the supervision of the masses. The masses generally expect township leaders to have a good image: on the one hand, they expect “to be like a leader”; on the other, they also expect “not to be a leader.” This two-way, conflicting expectation image is determined by the “two-pitch” of township leaders