Representing Personal and Professional Identities in Policing: Sources of Strength and Conflict.
Representing diverse identities in government is important for equal employment, symbolic benefits, and opportunities to improve public service outcomes. This article uses qualitative interviews with 32 frontline police officers to examine the ways in which personal and professional identities inter...
| Publicado en: | Public Administration Review Vol. 82; no. 3; pp. 396 - 410 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2022
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