NCJ Number
182104
Journal
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Dated: 2000 Pages: 82-104
Editor(s)
Lawrence F. Travis III
Date Published
2000
Length
23 pages
Annotation
Relative effects of work orientation on levels of job satisfaction were assessed among deputy sheriffs in Hillsborough County, Florida, in a sheriff's office that practiced community policing.
Abstract
A 149-item questionnaire was distributed and completed during roll call for each of five shifts during two consecutive days in August 1997. The questionnaire took about 35-45 minutes to complete and included items measuring job satisfaction, work orientation, and attitudes toward and perceptions of community policing. Findings suggested service-oriented deputy sheriffs were somewhat more satisfied with their jobs than counterparts who had a crime control orientation. Only one of six job satisfaction scales, quality of supervision, was significantly related to the crime control orientation; that is, deputy sheriffs who exhibited a strong orientation toward crime control were more satisfied with the quality of supervision they received than service-oriented deputy sheriffs. An appendix lists the measures of job satisfaction used in the survey. 39 references and 10 tables