Search for dissertations about: "police performance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words police performance.

  2. 1. Police officers under pressure : sexual and gender-based harassment, stress, and job satisfaction in Sweden

    Author : Arian Rostami; Monica Burman; Mehdi Ghazinour; Jonas Hansson; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Magnus Sverke; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sexual harassment; Gender-based harassment; Work stress; Job satisfaction; Police officers; Work environment;

    Abstract : Police officers encounter challenging and stressful situations at work, which negatively impact their health, job performance, and aspects of their lives. Regarding the gendered structure and competitive work environment of police organizations, women are under extra pressure from the pervasive gendered norms within the police organization. READ MORE

  4. 2. Performance Management and Rationalityin Public Sector Organisations

    Author : Geoffrey Heath; Elisabeth Berg; Jim Barry; John Chandler; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Instrumental rationality; communicative rationality; performance management; public sector organisations; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract and Keywords  The thesis concerns different conceptions of rationality and their implications for organisations, especially in the public sector. The focus is on performance management (as widely defined) within public sector organisations as a subject for exploring these issues. READ MORE

  5. 3. Memories of traumatic events among swedish police officers

    Author : Ingemar Karlsson; Sven Å Christianson; Pekka Santtila; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trauma; Memory; Police officers; Eyewitnesses; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Police officers run a risk of exposure to extremely stressful and traumatic situations in their work. Such situations may involve anything from being the first to arrive at the scene of a traffic accident to investigations of brutal murders or acute threat situations in which they themselves are forced to use force. READ MORE

  6. 4. Group membership and eyewitness testimony

    Author : Torun Lindholm; Jerry Shaw; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eyewitness testimony; group membership; intergroup biases; memory performance; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The present thesis includes four empirical studies that explore whether eyewitness accounts of a violent crime may be affected by factors related to the group membership of witness, perpetrator, and victim.Study 1 investigates how an immigrant and a Swedish perpetrator of a simulated, violent robbery are evaluated and remembered by immigrant and Swedish witnesses. READ MORE

  7. 5. Health, Experienced Support and School Performance among Children in Out-of-home care

    Author : Rikard Tordön; Gunilla Sydsjö; Carl Göran Svedin; Martin Bergström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Children in out-of-home care (OHC) have higher risks for developing poorer health and school achievement, being subjected to more abuse experiences, as well as negative long-term outcomes related to occupational performance, socioeconomic status, addiction, and criminality. Research related to OHC children is fragmented and the effects of interventions are under-studied. READ MORE