Predictors of police officers' involvement: an empirical study of occupational culture in the Norwegian antiterror police

Rune Glomseth and Petter Gottschalk

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2008, vol. 5, issue 2, 251-263

Abstract: The concept of culture has a long and distinguished history, and like most sociological concepts is subject to wide variations in definition and application. In this paper, we focus on occupation culture in police organisations. Occupational culture is a reduced, selective and task-based version of culture. Police culture has been found to emphasise secrecy, self-protection, violence and maintenance of respect. In the study presented in this paper, an occupational culture characterised by long time perspectives, flat power structure and open leadership style were found to be positively related to police officers' involvement in the antiterror police in Norway.

Keywords: leadership style; power structure; time perspective; survey; relationships; authority; police management; law enforcement; Norway; anti-terror police; occupational culture; police culture; open leadership. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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