Purpose – The paper aims to argue that leadership by police managers is needed to stimulate and encourage knowledge sharing in police investigations, and to report an empirical study of what management roles are most important in investigations. Design/methodology/approach – A research model...

Purpose – This study investigates the emphasis placed on different managerial roles by IT project managers. Six managerial roles were applied in this research: personnel leader, resource allocator, spokesman, entrepreneur, liaison and monitor. With changing business environments, the locus of...

Purpose – To support knowledge work by lawyers, law firms have implemented knowledge management systems. This paper aims to present a stage model for knowledge management technology (KMT) in law firms. Design/methodology/approach – The four stages are lawyer‐to‐technology,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize detectives in police investigations as knowledge workers. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a literature review covering knowledge organizations, police organizations, police investigations, and detectives as knowledge...