A Study of Cadets' Motivation to Become Police Officers in China

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 377-392

  Wu, Yuning ^a   Sun, Ivan Y ^c   Cretacci, Michael A ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chinese police; job motivation; job security; opportunity to help; police cadets

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849115289     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2009.11.3.142     Document Type: Article

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