Recent disastrous events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, has amplified the appeal for
compassionate leadership in organizations and is viewed as the need of the hour. While …

Operational and organizational stressors are characteristic components of police work.
Police culture has historically resisted acknowledging the need to accept interventions in …

It is recognized that the managers play a significant role in the organizational performance,
work improvements and employee satisfaction. The leadership styles have given the …

This article drives forward a more critical insight into the position of women within policing. In
focusing on women as police leaders, it problematizes taken for granted representations of …

There will always be a need for rank-authority in policing, and command and control will
remain an important tool in an organization's armoury, providing direction, protection, and a …

Purpose Occupational stress in police call handlers is researched less frequently than in
operational or frontline police, despite the role's unique challenges. Occupational stress is …

In this paper, we ascertain whether a practice-based approach can increase our knowledge
of police leadership. This approach represents an alternative to normative management …

Drawing on empirical data from an action research project in policing, we propose that the
power relations of leadership unfold in asymmetries of agency, response and reason …

Abstract The Police Uplift Programme in England and Wales aims to recruit more than
20,000 new police officers into the service. There is little known about the potential …

Although the science behind hot spot policing is robust and grounded in theory,
implementation issues prevent it from becoming commonplace in everyday policing. The …