Sacrifice spirit and police work-family conflict among rank-and-file officers in China
Using data collected from 36 interviews with the police and their family members, the first author’s insider perspective as a former police officer and the second author’s lived experience of growing up in a police family, as well as media reports, this paper explores how work-family conflict plays...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Policing and society
Year: 2024, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 183-199 |
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| Summary: | Using data collected from 36 interviews with the police and their family members, the first author’s insider perspective as a former police officer and the second author’s lived experience of growing up in a police family, as well as media reports, this paper explores how work-family conflict plays out among rank-and-file police officers in China. We find that, like their counterparts elsewhere, the Chinese rank-and-file officers have been troubled by three dimensions of work-family conflict touching on professional habits, overtime work and working pressure. We argue that while the work-family conflict inflicted by professional encroachment may be common for police officers in all jurisdictions, the time-based and strain-based conflicts share unique political roots of self-sacrifice spirit advocated by the Chinese party-state. This study is not only one of the very first empirical studies on the work-family conflict among police officers in China but it also contributes to comparative policing studies by highlighting how politics in a particular country may affect the conflict. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-2728 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10439463.2023.2241967 |