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The previous research has focused on a variety of police work stressors and organizational coping strategies to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the police organization. Most research has highlighted the organizational problems, organizational commitment, or job satisfaction as influences on police stress. Very limited study on the individual coping styles among police officers has been conducted in South Korea. The current study carries out a path analysis of stress coping styles among South Korean police officers using survey data collected between July and September 2006 from 676 police officers in Chungbuk, South Korea. The current study explores the interpersonal stressors, organizational stressors, managerial support, organizational commitment, and self–confidence at work by using structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the causal relationships among these factors. Findings suggest that interpersonal stressors decreases organizational commitment, and that low levels of commitment diminishes use of positive social coping styles. This study also found that managerial support decreases organizational commitment, but increases self-confidence, which in turn decreases use of negative destructive copying styles. Interestingly, organizational stressors do not have any influence on use of both types of coping styles among police officers in South Korea. Based on the findings, policy implication is discussed.
The previous research has focused on a variety of police work stressors and organizational coping strategies to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the police organization. Most research has highlighted the organizational problems, organizational commitment, or job satisfaction as influences on police stress. Very limited study on the individual coping styles among police officers has been conducted in South Korea. The current study carries out a path analysis of stress coping styles among South Korean police officers using survey data collected between July and September 2006 from 676 police officers in Chungbuk, South Korea. The current study explores the interpersonal stressors, organizational stressors, managerial support, organizational commitment, and self–confidence at work by using structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the causal relationships among these factors. Findings suggest that interpersonal stressors decreases organizational commitment, and that low levels of commitment diminishes use of positive social coping styles. This study also found that managerial support decreases organizational commitment, but increases self-confidence, which in turn decreases use of negative destructive copying styles. Interestingly, organizational stressors do not have any influence on use of both types of coping styles among police officers in South Korea. Based on the findings, policy implication is discussed.
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police stress,coping style, management,organizational commitment,self-confidence at work
