Examining the career plateau among police officers

Policing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 691-703

  Burke, Ronald J ^a   Mikkelsen, Aslaug ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Career development; Employee attitudes; Norway; Personal health; Police; Psychological research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750971451     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510610711600     Document Type: Article

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