NCJ Number
156169
Journal
Justice Quarterly Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1995) Pages: 113-140
Date Published
1995
Length
28 pages
Annotation
This study focuses on workplace problems experienced by women in gendered organization, and on the connection between those problems and self-reported stress levels.
Abstract
The data were gathered over a 7-year period through participant observation of 15 State and four regional meetings of an organization of women in law enforcement. The findings replicate previous results that workplace problems account for a substantial amount of police officer stress. For all subgroups, workplace problems explained approximately one-third of the variance in work- related stress. An additional 5 percent of the variance in female officers' stress can be explained by workplace problems caused by subgroup status, particularly bias and language harassment. While women have different circumstances related to their stress than men, they did not report higher overall stress levels. 7 tables, 3 notes, 57 references, and 1 appendix