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Determinants of Police Job Satisfaction
Author(s) -
Sheley Joseph F.,
Nock Steven L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1979.tb00359.x
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , psychology , variance (accounting) , sample (material) , social psychology , replication (statistics) , regression analysis , variables , rank (graph theory) , mathematics , statistics , business , chemistry , accounting , chromatography , combinatorics
This paper reports the results of a partial replication and extension of Reiss's (1967) study of police job satisfaction. Utilizing indicators similar to those employed by Reiss, the study first determines the applicability of his results to a second sample of police officers at a more recent time. Second, it explores two new variables potentially related to job satisfaction: years on the force and years in current rank. Third, it employs multiple regression analysis to isolate the most predictive of the variables related to job satisfaction. Four variables account for most of the variance explained. The implications of the findings for enhancing police job satisfaction are examined.