The effect of socio-demographic characteristics on the information-seeking behaviors of police officers

摘要: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the information-seeking behaviors police officers who work in stations context staying current. Leckie et al.’s (1996) model behavior professionals tested. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative research design was employed for data collection. sample includes 642 cases. It both descriptive and exploratory. Findings Police first rely upon their personal knowledge experience, then colleagues official documents. On other hand, they rarely consulted informants, libraries, journals, books, attendance at conferences as information sources. There were significant differences sources used by based on gender Lastly, results study indicated that service years policing roles station significantly correlated with police...