Research propositions for the use of role models in law enforcement: the case of newcomers in police investigations

Ivar Andre Fahsing, Cathrine Filstad and Petter Gottschalk

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2007, vol. 4, issue 5, 501-515

Abstract: Newcomers use established colleagues as role models in their learning processes, trying to be innovative and finding their own personal style as police investigators. The aim of this paper is to discuss why newcomers choose role models representing a method, challenge, skills or risk investigation style. We found that newcomers prefer role models among established police investigators in which they identified and thus, their choice of role models was connected to the newcomers' personal characteristics.

Keywords: learning; innovation; newcomers; organisational socialisation; police investigations; investigative thinking styles; law enforcement; role models. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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