The purpose of this study was to determine role performance and role importance of selected training and development roles in municipal law enforcement organizations in North Carolina. The importance attributed to the training of law enforcement personnel for personal and organizational growth and development, is considered crucial in today's society. The population of interest consisted of municipal law enforcement training directors in three hundred and fifty one departments in North Carolina. The roles and competencies used were those identified in the literature reviewed (Auten, 1983; McGehee, 1961; McLagan, 1983; Lippitt & Nadler, 1979; Pinto & Walker, 1978). Data were collected using a questionnaire which was divided into three sections providing information on frequency of role performance, importance of roles, and demographic information. / The objectives of the study were operationalized through six research questions. To answer the first four questions, a Likert-type scale was used from which a ranking of frequency of performance of roles, and perceptions of importance of roles was established. The remaining two questions, relating to differences by selected organizational characteristics and personal characteristics in the frequency of performance and in the importance of roles, were answered using the Students t-test. / The findings indicated that four roles were performed often/always by 60.0% or more of the respondents. The roles identified were administers agency training, contributes to department problem solving, manages training resources, and conducts training needs assessment. The roles identified as very important were administers agency training, contributes to department problem solving, manages training resources, and evaluates training. / Overall, it can be observed that organizational characteristics do have some influence on role performance by training directors and on the importance attributed to roles of training directors. The data indicate that organizational characteristics have more influence on frequency of performance than they do on the importance attributed to roles. The data indicate that personal characteristics have more influence on importance attributed to roles than on frequency of role performance. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-03, Section: A, page: 0713. / Major Professor: Irwin R. Jahns. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78202 |
| Contributors | Lumb, Richard Curtis., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 203 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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