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Apr 24, 2018 · Similar to Dick’s findings (Dick 2006), it was apparent that the psychological contract of a police officer is not just influenced by their immediate employer, but as a public servant, by the organisational practices of the Government, e.g. implementing budget cuts. Therefore, consideration needs to be given as to whether it would be appropriate to clarify what is meant by ‘organisation ...
- Fazeelat Duran, Jessica Woodhams, Darren Bishopp
- 2019
May 1, 2020 · In addition to factors related to the police officer and the suspect, contextual and social aspects play an important role in police officers' decisions to use legitimate violence. These include organizational aspects, training and equipment, which are outside the control of either the suspect or the agent, as police officers do not usually choose the equipment they carry.
- Sébastien Cojean, Nicolas Combalbert, Anne Taillandier-Schmitt
- 2020
Mar 16, 2020 · Therefore, this study sought to develop understanding of the personal and work-related factors that contribute to psychological wellbeing in policing by examining the relationship between psychological wellbeing, social support, and personality in police employees, comprising both operational (i.e. employees who deliver police or police-related services) and non-operational staff (i.e ...
- Patricia C Jackman, Hannah Henderson, Georgia Clay, Adam H Coussens
- 2020
Oct 26, 2021 · Furthermore, research into the stressors stemming from perceived breaches to the ‘psychological contract’ found that these factors were linked to an officer’s decision to resign from the police organisation (Duran et al., 2018; Gaston and Alexander, 2001).
- Rebecca Phythian, Nathan Birdsall, Stuart Kirby, Emily Cooper, Zoe Posner, Laura Boulton
- 2021
Jun 24, 2019 · ent that the psychological contract of a police officer is. not just influenced by their immediate employer, but as. a public servant, by the organisational practices of the.
In this paper, it is argued that the psychological contract (PC) could provide rich insights into the understanding of employee and employer relations within the police and the stress and wellbeing of officers. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with active, full-time police officers and these were analysed using framework analysis. More than 100 base-units of meaning were ...
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Purpose – The overall purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which breaches in psychological contracts and perceptions of organizational fairness account for variations in job stress experienced by operational police officers (as measured by psychological distress and employee performance), after controlling for the variance associated with more established job stressors (i.e. job ...
