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Transactional Leadership In The Los Angeles Police Department

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Leadership in Policing Jana Boudreaux
Southern University at New Orleans

Abstract

Leadership is a force that helps the followers to change their minds, attitude and personality; therefore, effective leadership is important to implement changes in a positive manner. Transactional leadership is typically considered a transaction between the leader and a follower. Authoritarian style of leadership is usually followed in the police department. This style of leadership portrays a very clear divide between the leader and the follower. The concept of shared leadership is not widely practiced in policing but this concept will be helpful to generate synergy. The worst example of leadership was shown by Los Angeles Police Department; when they …show more content…

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