TY - JOUR
T1 - Municipal Police Officer Job Satisfaction in Pennsylvania
T2 - A Study of Organisational Development in Small Police Departments
AU - Julseth, Jason
AU - Ruiz, James
AU - Hummer, Don
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011 SAGE Publications.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Current policing literature indicates that the retention rate of patrol officers is in steady decline. On the whole, various policing factors that include fatigue, stress and workload appear to be major reasons for high turnover rates. In order to substantiate patrol officers' views of contemporary policing, we examined their perceptions of issues related to overall job satisfaction and correlating factors. Municipal police officers from 14 south central Pennsylvania police departments located in one mid-size county were surveyed to determine if there were any significant differences or correlations between perceptions of overall job satisfaction and previous research related to satisfaction with administration, shift work, equipment, community support, department morale and policies and procedures. Results indicate that there is an apparent connection between stress and overall job satisfaction. Most notably, higher stress levels, faster rotating shifts and officers' perceptions of department morale were shown to impact the levels of overall job satisfaction.
AB - Current policing literature indicates that the retention rate of patrol officers is in steady decline. On the whole, various policing factors that include fatigue, stress and workload appear to be major reasons for high turnover rates. In order to substantiate patrol officers' views of contemporary policing, we examined their perceptions of issues related to overall job satisfaction and correlating factors. Municipal police officers from 14 south central Pennsylvania police departments located in one mid-size county were surveyed to determine if there were any significant differences or correlations between perceptions of overall job satisfaction and previous research related to satisfaction with administration, shift work, equipment, community support, department morale and policies and procedures. Results indicate that there is an apparent connection between stress and overall job satisfaction. Most notably, higher stress levels, faster rotating shifts and officers' perceptions of department morale were shown to impact the levels of overall job satisfaction.
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U2 - 10.1350/ijps.2011.13.3.228
DO - 10.1350/ijps.2011.13.3.228
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973504989
SN - 1461-3557
VL - 13
SP - 243
EP - 254
JO - International Journal of Police Science and Management
JF - International Journal of Police Science and Management
IS - 3
ER -