A Meta-analysis on the Burnout Factors among Korean Police Officers: Focus on the Job Characteristics

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-238
Author(s):  
Bo Sung Jung ◽  
Eung Ryul Choi
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Korean Police Officers

scholarly journals The Perceived Importance of Cybercrime Control among Police Officers: Implications for Combatting Industrial Espionage

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4351
Author(s):  
Seung-Yeop Paek ◽  
Mahesh K. Nalla ◽  
Yong-Tae Chun ◽  
Julak Lee
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
World Market ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Computer Proficiency ◽  
Industrial Espionage ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
Korean Police Officers

The current research explored the predictors of how police officers perceived the importance of combatting cybercrime. This is an era in which industrial security is threatened by perpetrators who use advanced techniques to steal information online. Understanding how law enforcement officers view the control of cybercrimes, especially those that steal confidential business information, can inform industrial espionage prevention and help maintain a nation’s industrial competitiveness in the world market. We surveyed a convenience sample of South Korean police officers attending training at the Police Human Resources Development Institute (PHRDI) using a paper-and-pencil questionnaire. The results indicated that the officers’ perceptions of colleagues’ and organizational views on cybercrime control significantly impacted their attitudes. Additionally, officers’ perceptions of the seriousness of online theft (in this paper, we use the terms online theft and property cybercrime interchangeably) and their computer proficiency were also found to affect their views on the importance of combatting cybercrimes. We conclude by suggesting that the police take a proactive organizational approach to prevent and respond to online property crimes through education and public awareness programs, which could positively impact the prevention of industrial espionage.

The Emotional Proletariat in Public Service

2020 ◽  
pp. 009102602092142
Author(s):  
Sung Wook Choi ◽  
Mary E. Guy
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Differential Outcomes ◽  
Lower Ranking ◽  
National Tax ◽  
The U.S

There is an emotional proletariat in public service. This class of worker is employed in lower ranking, lower paid jobs that are disproportionately performed by women. While this study focuses on the Korean context, findings also raise awareness to the U.S. context. An investigation of two distinctly different missions—national tax officials and police officers—reveals how the combination of gender and rank produces differential outcomes in regard to emotive demands. Women in lower grades suffer more emotional exhaustion and feel less pride in their jobs than women and men in higher ranks. The pattern provides evidence that emotional exhaustion is less about individual failure and more about predictable job characteristics. After describing findings, the conclusion speculates about generalizing to the American context.

Power distance and its moderating role in the relationship between situational job characteristics and job satisfaction

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Hauff ◽  
Nicole Richter
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Driver Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
National Differences ◽  
National Power ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose – Power distance describes a central facet of national culture, because it influences the acceptance and endorsement of job characteristics related to status and power. This has major implications for international human resource management, because the importance of different situational job characteristics for employee job satisfaction should differ across cultures. The purpose of this paper is to analyse if and how national power distance levels moderate different situational job characteristics’ influence on job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – The authors refer to three approaches to culture: the frameworks of Hofstede and GLOBE as well as to current scores provided in a meta-analysis. The empirical findings are derived using regression analyses on a sample covering 16 nations. Findings – The results are convincing regarding the basic job satisfaction driver model not involving culture. However, the results on power distance’s impact as well as its moderating role are strongly dependent on the culture concepts utilised. The authors provide an analysis of differences along the measurements behind the different concepts. Originality/value – The authors can conclude that national differences in job satisfaction, as found in various studies, are a result of differences in situational dispositions to work life rather than a result of different cultural surroundings in terms of power distance. The question is whether this is due to power distance’s lack of impact or due to other factors, such as the difficulties of measuring culture. The authors discuss the differences which are due to different measurements. For ultimately confirming power distance’s moderating role and for advancing theorizing in this field, further research, which can build on the framework offered in this paper, is needed that directly measures the individual power distance facets in addition to the job characteristics and satisfaction values.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Musculoskeletal Symptoms of Korean Police Officers

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 925-930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taek-Sang Cho ◽  
Woo-Jin Jeon ◽  
Jin-Gu Lee ◽  
Jong-Min Seok ◽  
Jae-Hwan Cho
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Korean Police Officers

scholarly journals The Interaction Effects of Burnout and Job Support on Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) among Firefighters and Policemen

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Yi Lin ◽  
Jong-Yi Wang ◽  
Dann-Pyng Shih ◽  
Hsien-Wen Kuo ◽  
Wen-Miin Liang
Keyword(s):  
Peptic Ulcer ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
Workplace Stress ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ulcer Disease ◽  
Job Support

Policemen and firefighters encounter numerous emergency events that frequently lead to high burnout and low job support, resulting in adverse health effects. A number of studies reported the correlation between job characteristics and the risk of peptic ulcer diseases (PUD) across various industries. However, there is very little research on evaluating the interaction effects of burnout and job support on the prevalence of PUD among firefighters and policemen. The objective of this study was to assess the interactional effects between burnout and job support on the prevalence of PUD among firefighters and policemen. This was a cross-sectional quantitative study. Registered, full-time police officers and firefighters in Taiwan were anonymously interviewed by a mail-delivered questionnaire. All female workers were excluded due to different job characteristics and a limited sample size. A total of 9328 firefighters and 42,798 policemen completed the questionnaire, with a response rate of 78.7%. Overall, prevalence rates of self-reported and self-reports of physician-diagnosed PUD were 8.3% and 6.5% for policemen and 7.1% and 5.5% for firefighters, respectively. There was a 22% reduced odds ratio of PUD as diagnosed by physicians for the group with low burnout and high job support, but an increased odds ratio of 53% for the group with high burnout and low job support, after adjusting for lifestyle and demographic variables. There must be an increase of job support and reduction of burnout through the modification of work structure and setting up of counseling services to reduce workplace stress and the prevalence of PUD among policemen and firefighters.

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