TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– This paper aims to take stock and to increase understanding of the opportunities and threats for policing in ten European countries in the Political, Economic, Social, Technological and Legal (PESTL) environment.Design/methodology/approach– This study is part of the large EU‐funded COMPOSITE project into organisational change. A PESTL analysis was executed to produce the environmental scan that will serve as a platform for further research into change management within the police. The findings are based on structured interviews with police officers of 17 different police forces and knowledgeable externals in ten European countries. The sampling strategy was optimized for representativeness under the binding capacity constraints defined by the COMPOSITE research budget.Findings– European police forces face a long list of environmental changes that can be grouped in the five PESTL clusters with a common denominator. There is also quite some overlap as to both the importance and nature of the key PESTL trends across the ten countries, suggesting convergence in Europe.Originality/value– A study of this magnitude has not been seen before in Europe, which brings new insights to the target population of police forces across Europe. Moreover, policing is an interesting field to study from the perspective of organisational change, featuring a high incidence of change in combination with a wide variety of change challenges, such as those related to identity and leadership.
VL  - 26
IS  - 5
SN  - 0953-4814
DO  - 10.1108/JOCM-09-2012-0145
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-09-2012-0145
AU  - van den Born Arjan
AU  - van Witteloostuijn Arjen
AU  - Barlage Melody
AU  - Sapulete Saraï
AU  - van den Oord Ad
AU  - Rogiest Sofie
AU  - Vallet Nathalie
AU  - Reguli Zdenko
AU  - Vit Michal
AU  - Mouhanna Christian
AU  - Cassa Damien
AU  - Binder Henriette
AU  - Blumenthal Vivian
AU  - Christe‐Zeyse Jochen
AU  - Giljohann Stefanie
AU  - Gruschinske Mario
AU  - Pautz Hartwig
AU  - Stein‐Müller Susanne
AU  - Bisogni Fabio
AU  - Costanzo Pietro
AU  - Stojanovski Trpe
AU  - Mirceva Stojanka
AU  - Krstevska Katerina
AU  - Rajkovcevski Rade
AU  - Stamenova Mila
AU  - Bayerl Saskia
AU  - Horton Kate
AU  - Jacobs Gabriele
AU  - Jochoms Theo
AU  - Vogel Gert
AU  - Andrei Daniela
AU  - Baban Adriana
AU  - Chirica Sofia
AU  - Otoiu Catalina
AU  - Ratiu Lucia
AU  - Rus Claudia
AU  - Varga Mihai
AU  - Vonas Gabriel
AU  - Alsina Victoria
AU  - Gascó Mila
AU  - Allen Kerry
AU  - Birdi Kamal
AU  - Betteridge Kathryn
AU  - Casey Rebecca
AU  - Graham Leslie
AU  - Pólos László
PY  - 2013
Y1  - 2013/01/01
TI  - Policing opportunities and threats in Europe
T2  - Journal of Organizational Change Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 811
EP  - 829
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -