...Kenneth M. Quick; Jill A. Paccione-Frometa; Kevin T. Wolff Purpose This study examines how police officers’ motivations for entering the profession relate to their current job satisfaction. In light of a shrinking police workforce, understanding which motivations foster long-term satisfaction...

...Myunghyun Choi; Sohee Kim; Youngki Woo Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how law enforcement officers’ turnover intentions are affected by their perceptions of transformational leadership from both chiefs and supervisors as well as their job satisfaction and organizational...

...Stacey Clifton; Dayle S. McGraw Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how job stress and the embodiment of the police culture influence levels of job satisfaction for two mid-sized law enforcement agencies in the Southeastern United States. Design/methodology/approach A survey...

...ChiaHung Lin; Jihong Zhao Purpose The current paper aims to provide insights into the determinants associated with job satisfaction among police administrative (personnel) officers in Taiwan, especially both internal organizational predictors and unique external predictors related to the Chinese...

...Wen-Yu Lin; Yung-Lien Lai; Fei Luo; Shih-ya Kuo; Kwang-Ming Chang Purpose Building on Lambert’s (2001) work on turnover intent in law enforcement, this study examines how organizational characteristics and job attitudes along with job satisfaction, and organizational commitment affect turnover...

...Seungmug (Zech) Lee; Jae-Jin Joo; Hye-Rim Kwon; Jae-Seung Lee; John J. Rodriguez Purpose This study aims examine to what extent four variable categories of individual ethical ideology, organizational ethical culture, superior's ethical quality and job satisfaction (JS) are causally linked...

...Smart Egwu Otu; Ivan Sun; Charles Ikechukwu Akor; Macpherson Uchenna Nnam; Yuning Wu; Gilbert Aro Purpose This study aims to assess the direct relationships between internal support and job satisfaction and voluntary assistance and their indirect connections through work–family conflict among...

...Rachael Rief; Samantha Clinkinbeard Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between officer perceptions of fit in their organization and stress (organizational and operational), overall job satisfaction and turnover contemplation (within the last 6 months). Design...

...Mahesh K. Nalla; Sheeraz Akhtar; Eric Lambert Purpose Police organizations work better when officers feel satisfied with their jobs. High job satisfaction has been linked to positive outcomes for both officers and police organizations. Perceived fairness of transfers should be positively...

.... Talat Islam can be contacted at: talatislam@yahoo.com 15 06 2019 15 12 2019 19 01 2020 04 02 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Boundary management tactic Job satisfaction Punjab police Source...

...Rashid Ahmad; Talat Islam Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC) on the level of job satisfaction for the police force employees, considering organizational and community embeddedness as the two moderators. Design...

...Rashid Ahmad; Talat Islam; Saima Saleem Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of professional commitment and job satisfaction on leave intention considering alternative job opportunities as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data from 147...

... of cynicism with job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using a paper-based survey, and obtained from 472 police officers from five police departments across the country. For the purpose of measuring of organizational and work aspects of police cynicism a new developed 24 five...

...Megan Alderden; Amy Farrell; William P. McCarty Purpose In light of recent calls to increase the diversity of America’s police, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of agency and leadership diversification on officer job satisfaction and reported perceptions of fairness within...

...Dennis P. Rosenbaum; William P. McCarty Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the dimensions of organizational justice in police organizations and evaluate how they contribute to organizational commitment, job satisfaction and compliance with agency rules. Design/methodology/approach...

... Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Policing Supervision Job satisfaction Police supervision Perspectives of subordinates It is often said that the overall success of a police organization depends on supervisors and that police organizations cannot...

...Ivan Y. Sun; Jianhong Liu; Ashley K. Farmer Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess factors that influence Chinese police supervisors’ attitudes toward police roles, community policing, and job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – Survey data were collected from police...

.... By integrating multiple climates simultaneously into a single study the authors assess the added value of climate for innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Participants included 175 LP officers who completed a questionnaire including measures of climate (FOCUS-93), job satisfaction, and perceived...

... the first comparative study of both citizen and police officer satisfaction and evaluates their relationship. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a dyadic survey that measures citizens’ evaluation of police service quality as well as policemen’s job satisfaction. The data were...

... reveal that transformational leaders exert a direct, positive influence on shared leadership and have an indirect, positive influence through their capacity to clarify organizational goals and create job satisfaction for followers. Originality/value – This large-scale study is the first to examine...