Management position as determinant of leadership roles in police districts

The job of a manager consists of several parallel roles. A manager may perceive one role as more important than other roles. The goal of this paper is to present results from a survey of police managers in Norway on the relative importance of leadership roles. A questionnaire was developed to measur...

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Main Authors: Glomseth, Rune, Gottschalk, Petter, Hole, Åse Storhaug
Format: Article
Language:English
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enterprise development
managerial roles
resource allocator
survey research
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Summary:The job of a manager consists of several parallel roles. A manager may perceive one role as more important than other roles. The goal of this paper is to present results from a survey of police managers in Norway on the relative importance of leadership roles. A questionnaire was developed to measure leadership roles in police districts. Respondents emphasised the role of personnel leader where the manager is responsible for supervising, hiring, training, organising, coordinating and motivating a cadre of personnel to achieve the goals of the organisation.