Perceived job image among police officers in singapore: Factorial dimensions and differential effects

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 740-750

  Lim, Vivien K G ^a   Teo, Thompson S H ^a   See, Sean K B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Job image; Job satisfaction; Police officers; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SINGAPORE; WORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034577674     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540009600514     Document Type: Article

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