Correlates of private security officers’ job satisfaction in South Korea

ABSTRACT

This exploratory research examines the determinants of private security officer’s job satisfaction. Despite the growing private security industries and their influence on security governance around the world, little is known about private security officers’ attitudes towards their work. In order to fill this gap, 436 in-house and contract security officers are analysed in the cultural context of South Korea. The impacts of job and organisational characteristics on job satisfaction are examined, and a subgroup analysis is performed to assess the differences in the predictors of job satisfaction between in-house and contract officers.

KEYWORDS:

• Job satisfaction
• private security
• supervisor support
• self-efficacy
• intrinsic reward
• South Korea

Notes

1. 1 U.S. dollar≈1,200 Won.

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Seung Yeop Paek

Seung Yeop Paek (Ph.D.) is an assistant professor of criminal justice at California State University, East Bay. His research interests include private security, cybercrime, and security management.