TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Youth perceptions of private security guard industry in Russia
JO  - Journal of applied security research
A1  - Nalla, Mahesh K.
A1  - Gurinskaya, Anna
A1  - Rafailova, Diana
SP  - 543
EP  - 556
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
N2  - In this exploratory study article, we examine Russian citizens, more specifically youth (college students), perceptions of private security guards who come in contact with private citizens. We examine public attitudes toward the nature of security guards' work as it relates to their professionalism, effectiveness, and the degree to which they are satisfied with their work. Data for this research was drawn from a sample of 364 college students attending various universities in St. Petersburg, Russia. Our findings suggest the Russian students are ambivalent in general about the nature of security work, security guards' professionalism, if they are effective, and that they are not satisfied with their services. However, positive contact with security guards appeared to be a strong predictor of their positive views on various dimensions of security guard work. <br><br>FINDINGS also suggest that there are group differences in terms of age, gender, and income in their views about the various dimensions of private security guards' work and occupation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1936-1610
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19361610.2017.1354277
ID  - ref1
ER  -