Police Officer Job Satisfaction: A Multidimensional Analysis

Police Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-176

  Johnson, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; leadership; management; police; supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860776064     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611112442809     Document Type: Article

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