20.500.12556/DKUM-97668 An examination of police officers’ self-legitimacy a comparative study in Slovenia Police (self-)legitimacy is dialogical in nature and influenced by social contexts. In this comparative study, conducted on anational sample of 1,380 police officers in Slovenia, collected over three periods, the stability of police officers’ self-legiti-macy and its antecedents are tested. The regression models revealed differences in self-legitimacy and its antecedents acrossperiods, supporting the thesis of the unstable nature of police self-legitimacy. The importance of police officers’ relations withcolleagues for the perception of their own legitimacy increased over the years, while their perception of supervisors’ fairnessand audience legitimacy decreased. Overall, the findings highlight the importance of social context on police officers’ self-legitimacy and the complex nature of police legitimacy. self-legitimacy police police officers comparative study Slovenia samolegitimnost policija policisti primerjalne študije Slovenija true true true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2026-03-31 11:10:49 2026-03-31 11:10:50 2026-07-28 03:08:37 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 str. 1-17 št. 6 Letn. 53 29 Mar. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-03-29 351.741(497.4) 273695747 10.1177/00938548261433229 1552-3594 An_Examination_of_Police_Officers_-Mesko-2026.pdf An_Examination_of_Police_Officers_-Mesko-2026.pdf 1 E110ED8EC2F290B93EC66445DB2C970C 014928467a5d9ac485ba2e39cd21e244a1e48828c5d5dfeca90fdd379d2151cd 1d02b106-8990-11f1-872e-00155d0001be https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=208646 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00938548261433229 1 8341a09f-2ce1-11f1-b3ef-00155d0001a1 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=204923 Fakulteta za varnostne vede 0 0 0