NCJ Number
145646
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Dated: (1993) Pages: 313- 324
Date Published
1993
Length
12 pages
Annotation
Police chiefs and sheriffs were studied to determine whether broad features of the role of police executives affect their perceptions of job stress.
Abstract
Information was gathered from national samples; responses came from 1,125 police chiefs (75 percent of the sample) and 302 sheriffs (61 percent of the sample). A logit modeling strategy was used to assess the contributions of variables of substantive interest for police executives' perceptions of stress. Four measures of work stress were used for the analysis. Results revealed that police executives with lower levels of education, especially those with a high school diploma or less, were more likely to perceive stress. Also, sheriffs consistently reported higher levels of stress than did police chiefs. However, lower stress was reported for police executives with greater autonomy and those who perceived that they had control over the hiring process. Tables, figure, notes, and 30 references (Author abstract modified)