This study focuses on the job definitions held by police patrol personnel. The demographic and experiential variables that influence the development of job definitions in policing are examined. The substantive meanings of these definitions are also identified. The ecology of the patrol function and the highly differentiated nature of the police environment encourage the development of individualized job definitions. / The research centers on the differences in patrol officer job definitions held by supervisors and selected officer groups. Differences in job definitions can adversely impact the capacity of the organization to communicate expected behaviors to the employees through mechanisms such as performance appraisal. The appraisal process is particularly important in policing because these organizations tend to hire at entry level and to promote from within their ranks. The effects of differences in job definitions on perceptions of appraisal fairness, perceptions of supervisory adequacy, and appraisal scores are explored. / The job definitions are derived from the factor analysis of the ratings of the importance of generally used performance appraisal categories. It is determined that officers generally perceive a lower level of supervision than supervisors; lower levels of perceived supervision lead to lower levels of perceived appraisal fairness. Very few relationships between officer group membership and appraisal outcomes are identified, and differences in job definitions mediate only the positive relationship identified between tenure and performance appraisal scores. / Police job definitions are generally idiosyncratic. However, some consensus exists between the officers and supervisors on those dimensions of the job that were identified through the factor analysis procedure. These dimensions accounted for only slightly more than 50% of the variance in the ratings. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 53-03, Section: A, page: 0945. / Major Professor: Richard Chackerian. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76586 |
| Contributors | Gianakis, Gerasimos Angelos., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 182 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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