Understanding the Socio-Political Antecedents of Role Ambiguity: The Case of School-Based Law Enforcement Officers

• In Event: Preferences and Behavior of Bureaucrats

Brief Overview

What shapes how street-level bureaucrats prioritize competing responsibilities? Using data from school-based law enforcement, we study (mis)alignment between what bureaucrats perceive to be their primary role versus what formal missions dictate.

Authors

• Amanda Rutherford, Indiana University-Bloomington

• Shaun V Khurana, Indiana University