Structural change in large police agencies during the 1990s

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-275

  Maguire, Edward R ^a   Shin, Yeunhee ^a   Zhao, Jihong ^b   Hassell, Kimberly D ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Organizational culture; Organizational structure; Organizational theory; Police; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346325736     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310475750     Document Type: Article

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