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Research about police culture has been driven and theoretically supported by studies of sociologists that aim to comprehend police behaviour through the lens of the organisational culture perspective (Cockcroft in Police culture: Themes and Concepts. Taylor & Francis, London, 2013). Under the organisational culture approach, the cultural factors that influence the way that people think and behave is investigated and interpreted so that the “hidden and complex aspects of life in groups, organisations, and occupations” can be better understood (Schein in Organizational Culture and Leadership. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, p. 9, 2004).
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Chen, Z. (2016). Theoretical Context: Organisational Culture and Occupational Culture. In: Measuring Police Subcultural Perceptions. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0096-6_2
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