Identifying the antecedents of work-role overload in police organizations
This paper describes a three-phase multi-method research initiative to develop and validate measures used to quantify sources of work-role overload in policing. Phase I used qualitative techniques to generate items that predicted work-role overload in policing. These items were used to construct the...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2015
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Criminal justice and behavior
Año: 2015, Volumen: 42, Número: 4, Páginas: 361-381 |
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| Sumario: | This paper describes a three-phase multi-method research initiative to develop and validate measures used to quantify sources of work-role overload in policing. Phase I used qualitative techniques to generate items that predicted work-role overload in policing. These items were used to construct the initial measure and then tested (Phase II) using a sample of 202 police officers from one organization. Phase III tested the unidimensionality, validity, and reliability of the five measures identified in Phase II using a larger survey of 2,755 sworn officers working in 25 police organizations. Exploratory factor analysis identified and confirmatory factor analysis validated five antecedents to work-role overload in policing: competing demands, the court system, pressures to perform work outside one?s mandate, understaffing, and a nonsupportive organizational culture. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-3594 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0093854814551017 |
