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2 results foundAuthor: Abela, Graham John Title: Early Identification of Police Leadership Potential in Alberta Police Services Summary: This dissertation explored the early identification of leadership potential within municipal policing in the province of Alberta. The municipal members of the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police participated in this mixed methods sequential exploratory research design consisting of two phases. Phase 1 consisted of a number of face-to-face interviews which were analyzed using Creswell’s (2009) method for analyzing qualitative interviews. The results of Phase 1 formed the basis for an E-Survey deployed in Phase 2 of this research, which included the utilization of a modified Thurstone Scale. The results of Phase 1 and Phase 2 were combined and four criteria were identified by participants in their identification of early leadership potential: a) five identified indicators of leadership potential, b) leadership potential as seen by others, c) leadership potential as seen from within, and d) leadership potential as perceived by leaders. These four criteria established the foundation for the development of the Police Leadership Potential Model. When the criteria are used in conjunction with one another, it describes the exemplar junior officer with leadership potential in Alberta. The Police Leadership Potential Model may have utility in succession planning, and human resource practices within the Alberta municipal police sector. Details: Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary, Graduate Division of Educational Research, 2012. 176p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed March 29, 2012 at: http://www.policecouncil.ca/reports/Abela%20Identifying%20Police%20Leaders.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Canada URL: http://www.policecouncil.ca/reports/Abela%20Identifying%20Police%20Leaders.pdf Shelf Number: 124766 Keywords: Police Administration (Alberta, Canada)Police AdministratorsPolice LeadershipPolice Performance |
Author: Pearson-Goff, Mitch Title: Police Leaders and Leadership Development: A Systematic Literature Review Summary: The purpose of this document is to report on a systematic review of the research literature pertaining to police leadership, and specifically to report on what the academic literature tells us about police leadership and leadership development. In doing this, this review provides a consistent, replicable, and transparent approach to identifying and synthesising the existing body of knowledge, and will provide a foundation on which further research can be built. In order to orientate our analysis of the literature we asked three questions. - Who are police leaders? - What do police leaders do that makes them leaders? - What is the best way to develop police leaders? A systematic literature review uses systematic, explicit and accountable methods to review research literature. This has the benefit over a non-systematic literature review of ensuring that undue weight and attention is not paid to a small, and potentially biased, collection of studies. Central to a systematic review is the setting of a series of appropriate inclusion and exclusion criteria in order to specify the nature of the literature to be collected and to assist in distinguishing relevant works. We searched five academic databases for literature pertaining to police leadership by using terms and truncations relating to policing and leadership. A total of sixty-six empirical articles were identified through this process, published between 1990 and 2012 in Australia, the UK, Canada, New Zealand or the US. Fifty seven articles were of suitable quality to be analysed as part of this review. Through our review we identified that a key limitation of the literature was the absence of objective measures of successful leadership practice and development, with the bulk of the research focusing on the perceptions of good leadership from the perspective of police and stakeholders instead. Across the literature there was broad agreement about what individual characteristics are necessary in order to be regarded as a good police leader, with good leaders perceived to be: - Ethical - Role models - Good communicators - Critical and creative thinkers - Decision makers - Trustworthy - Legitimate The activities that good police leaders were seen to undertake were varied, and included: - Problem solving - Creating a shared vision - Engendering organisational commitment - Caring for subordinates - Driving and managing change Our review of the literature pertaining to police leadership development was less fruitful, and there was little in the body of work we analysed that covered this. Nonetheless we were able to conclude that there was a perception, at least, that good leadership was best encouraged through a combination of: - Formal education - On the job experience - Mentorship Details: Manly: Australian Institute of Police Management, 2013. 46p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 25, 2016 at: http://www.aipm.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Police-leaders-and-leadership-development-A-systematic-review.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aipm.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Police-leaders-and-leadership-development-A-systematic-review.pdf Shelf Number: 130008 Keywords: Police AdministrationPolice Education and TrainingPolice EffectivenessPolice Leadership |