Description
| Product ID: | 9780367721367 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Policing and Society |
| Title: | Police, Organization, and Wellbeing |
| Subtitle: | An Ethnography |
| Authors: | Author: Jamie Ferrill |
| Page Count: | 132 |
| Subjects: | Research methods: general, Research methods: general, Society and culture: general, Sociology: work and labour, Anthropology, Crime and criminology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Social, group or collective psychology, Occupational and industrial psychology, Politics and government, Economics, Organizational theory and behaviour, Health and safety in the workplace, Legal aspects of criminology, Criminal justice law, Police law and police procedures, Personal and public health / health education, Medical sociology, Occupational medicine, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Society & culture: general, Sociology: work & labour, Anthropology, Crime & criminology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Social, group or collective psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Politics & government, Economics, Organizational theory & behaviour, Health & safety issues, Criminology: legal aspects, Criminal justice law, Police law & police procedures, Personal & public health, Medical sociology, Occupational medicine, Health & personal development |
| Description: | This book explores the role of social relations in the ways that people construct, mobilize and consume meaning about wellbeing in a police organization. It traverses ethnographic data and captures insights from individuals, revealing ideological-laden tensions across the hierarchy. Based on the study of a police organization in England, this book explores the role of social relations in the ways that people construct, mobilize, consume, and reconstruct meaning about wellbeing. Wellbeing is a powerful, institutionalized concept in police organizations across England and Wales. With the emergence of numerous policies, strategies, and practices that both explicitly and implicitly address wellbeing in the workplace, the concept has come to feature prominently. Wellbeing is addressed as an issue that needs to be understood intersubjectively by attending to the underlying social issues that shape how it is promoted or denied. After a theoretical exploration of police culture and wellbeing, the book traverses ethnographic data and captures insights from individuals across the organization’s hierarchy. It explores what individuals perceive wellbeing to mean and how they make sense of the concept. The book reveals discernible ideological-laden tensions across the hierarchy in terms of wellbeing constructions. By exploring these tensions, there is a potential to understand the constructions of wellbeing and the resultant implications for practice. This book will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students in policing, criminology, criminal justice, leadership/management, organizational behaviour, and wellbeing. Given its empirical focus and applicability to practitioners, it will also be of interest to a range of non-academics, including police officers and leaders, public servants, private organizations, policymakers, and human resources professionals. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-05-27 |