Occupational values in Lithuania police organization: managers' and employees' value congruence

Abstract

This paper analyses the employees' perception about the dominant and less important occipational values. The results of the survey show that police officers highlighted such professional values as time being firm, task orientation versus relution, security and integrity rather than effectiveness and productivity, format commuiication preferable to informal, qontrol tather than freedom, hierarclty rather than equality and empowerment, firm leadership and tradition versus changes. The hierarchy of occupational values shows that the organization is fully formulized, and-its activity is controlled and planned. Status impact on the perception of value was determined - although employees similarly perceive organizational values, there are more similarities among proffesionals and managers than between first line officers and managers.