Journal article
Individual and organizational support: does it affect red tape, stress and work outcomes of police officers in the USA?
Personnel Review, Vol.46(4), pp.750-766
2017
Abstract
Purpose: To examine whether management supports police officers adequately, or whether police have to rely on their individual attributes, specifically psychological capital, to cope with red tape and stress. Work outcomes/consequences examined were discretionary power, affective commitment and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional design using a survey-based, self-report strategy was used to collect data from 588 police officers from USA, who are most engaged with the public. The data was analysed using AMOS and a structural model to undertake Structural Equation Modelling. Findings: Two significant paths were identified: (a) Path 1: management support to red tape to discretionary power to affective commitment and turnover intentions, and (b) Path 2: supervisor relationships to psychological capital to stress to affective commitment and turnover intentions. Further, management support predicted psychological capital, red tape and police stressors. Red tape increased police stressors and turnover intentions. Research limitations/implications: The use of self-report surveys is a limitation, causing common methods bias. Using Harmon's one factor post-hoc test, the authors were able to provide some assurance that common method bias was of no major concern. Practical implications: Originality/value: As far as is known, this study is the first to examine, for police officers, how psychological capital impacts upon negative factors (stress and red tape) and enhances positive drivers for employees. Examining the impact of an individual attribute - PsyCap - provides an important piece of the organizational puzzle in explaining the commitment and turnover intentions of police officers. By examining the impact of both organizational AND individual factors, there is now more knowledge about the antecedents of police outcomes.
Details
- Title
- Individual and organizational support: does it affect red tape, stress and work outcomes of police officers in the USA?
- Authors
- Yvonne Brunetto (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityStephen T T Teo (Author) - RMIT UniversityRodney Farr-Wharton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and LawKate Shacklock (Author) - Griffith UniversityArt Shriberg (Author) - Xavier University, United States
- Publication details
- Personnel Review, Vol.46(4), pp.750-766
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1108/PR-12-2015-0319
- ISSN
- 0048-3486
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This article is © Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451054802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web Of Science research areas
- Industrial Relations & Labor
- Management
- Psychology, Applied