Applications of organizational theory to police organizations frequently employ the framework of structural contingency or institutional theories. The current study seeks to evaluate the impact of both technical and institutional environmental aspects of policing on the goals of municipal police agencies. The influence of a combination of environmental contingencies and chiefs’ ratings of institutional sectors is explored to assess which theory better explains chiefs’ emphasis on police agency goals. Relying on ordinary least squares regression models, the impact of two competing theoretical frameworks is assessed. Findings suggest that chiefs’ demographics (control variables) and legitimacy (institutional) factors have a greater impact than technical (structural contingency theory) elements on the goals that chiefs emphasize within their agencies. Potential theoretical advancement employing public sector agencies is also presented.

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市警察局目标的环境预测因素

组织理论在警察组织中的应用经常采用结构权变或制度理论的框架。本研究旨在评估警务的技术和制度环境方面对市政警察机构目标的影响。探索环境突发事件和酋长对机构部门的评级相结合的影响，以评估哪种理论可以更好地解释酋长对警察机构目标的重视。依靠普通最小二乘回归模型，评估了两个相互竞争的理论框架的影响。研究结果表明，酋长的人口统计（控制变量）和合法性（体制）因素对酋长在其机构内强调的目标的影响要大于技术（结构偶然性理论）要素。