Senior police leadership: Does rank matter?

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-418

  Densten, Iain L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Leadership; Organizational effectiveness; Police; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348162538     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310489467     Document Type: Article

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