Job satisfaction among frontline police officers in China: the role of demographic, work-related, organizational and social factors

ABSTRACT

This study was intended to add to information about the underinvestigated policing studies in China. The possible impact of demographic characteristics, work-related variables, and organizational management and social variables on police job satisfaction was investigated. Data were collected through a self-report survey administered to a sample of sworn police officers training in a national police university in China (N = 393). Results indicated that work-related characteristics associated with variety and stress, and organizational variables associated with professional development and peer cohesion were the most important predictors of job satisfaction in this sample of police officers.

KEYWORDS:

• Job satisfaction
• work-related characteristics
• demographic factors
• social factors
• China police

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the police officers who took part in this study, the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions and Dr. Robert Trevethan for his professional editing.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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Funding

This work was supported by Liaoning Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science [grant number L17BSH002]; CIPUC Doctoral Research Foundation [grant number D2017029].