Organizational Commitment Among Sheriffs' Deputies During the Shift to Community-Oriented Policing

• In Event: Law Enforcement Attitudes Toward Leadership, Promotion, and Change

Abstract

This study examines the effects of a variety of work-related attitudes and experiences on sheriffs' deputies organizational commitment during a period in which the organizations was moving toward a full, top-to-bottom commitment to community-oriented policing. The sheriffs' office examined is unique in that it is both a full-service sheriffs' department and located in a large metropolitan community.

Authors

• Nicholas Perez, University of South Florida

• Max Bromley, University of South Florida

• John Cochran, University of South Florida