Police Socialization: A Longitudinal Examination of Job Attitudes in an Urban Police Department

Abstract

This research was supported in part by the Organizational Behavior Research Center at the University of California, Irvine and the Office of Naval Research (Contract No. N00014-69-A-0200-9001 NR 151-315). I would like to gratefully acknowledge my academic colleagues, in particular Lyman W. Porterand Mason Haire fortheir insightful suggestions and assistance during various phases of this research.