Trust and Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Willingness to Risk Their Lives for Others
The Case of Brazilian Law Enforcement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11674390 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nissim Cohen (0000-0002-8485-3646, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel), Gabriela Lotta (0000-0003-2801-1628, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil, corresponding author), Rafael Alcadipani (0000-0001-5132-5380, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil), Teddy Lazebnik (0000-0002-7851-8147, University College London, London, UK) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 119-134 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Review of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-0740 • E-ISSN: 1552-3357 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02750740231200468 |
| OpenAlex | W4386640266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 103 |
Trust has proven to be a predictor of organizational outcomes. In some cases, such as law enforcement, achieving organizational goals requires workers to be willing to risk their lives. Is there a link between street-level bureaucrats’ (SLBs) willingness to endanger their own lives for the public and their trust in their peers, managers, and the institution to which they belong? Using a national survey of 2,733 police officers in Brazil and machine-learning-based methods, we found that there is a significant link between their willingness to risk their lives for others and their trust in their peers, managers, and the institution to which they belong. Our findings indicate that while these SLBs were very willing to risk their lives for certain groups, their willingness declined sharply for others such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ)+ people and the homeless. In addition, police officers’ perceptions about discrimination, police professionalism, and organizational commitment and support are linearly linked to their willingness to risk their lives. Our findings demonstrate the important role of trust in understanding public servants’ practices in the extreme context of risking their lives for others
Business · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Enforcement · Institution · Law enforcement · Lesbian · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Risk perception · Sociology · Transgender · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Social Psychology
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