Title: Leadership roles as determinants of criminal investigation performance: an empirical study of Norwegian police as value shop

Authors: Rune Glomseth, Petter Gottschalk, Jan Terje Karlsen

Addresses: Norwegian Police University College, P.O. Box 5027, Majorstua, N-0301 Oslo, Norway. ' Norwegian School of Management, Nydalsveien 37, N-0442 Oslo, Norway. ' Norwegian School of Management, Nydalsveien 37, N-0442 Oslo, Norway

Abstract: Executives place varying emphasis on different leadership roles. Their emphasis is expected to influence organisational performance. This paper reports an empirical study of leadership roles and the performance of police investigations as value shops in Norway. Survey results indicate that the leadership role of resource allocators has a significant positive influence on investigation performance. Investigation performance was measured in terms of value shop activities. The value shop is a problem-solving value configuration.

Keywords: criminal investigations; Norway; police; leadership roles; organisational performance; resource allocators; value shop; personnel leaders; investigation performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2007.011788

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2007 Vol.4 No.2, pp.128 - 142

Published online: 22 Dec 2006 *

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