The commitment and satisfaction of lower-ranked police officers: Lessons for management

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-63

  Brunetto, Yvonne ^a   Farr Wharton, Rod ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wharton Queensland Mfg Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commitment; Corporate communications; Employee attitudes; Job satisfaction; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347532820     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310460297     Document Type: Article

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