Police officers' views on cultivating organizational commitment Implications for police managers

Policing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-195

  Beck, Karen ^a   Wilson, Carlene ^a  

^a National Police Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administration; Commitment; Organization; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040108041     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519710162088     Document Type: Article

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