Effective leaders and leadership in policing: Traits, assessment, development, and expansion

Policing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 644-663

  Schafer, Joseph A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaders; Leadership development; Policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649258880     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511011085060     Document Type: Article

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