Optimising the Organisational Commitment of Police Officers: Background and Summary of the Research and Guidelines for Management

• NCJ Number: 178508
• Author(s): Karen Beck
• Date Published: 1999
• Length: 47 pages
• Corporate Author: National Police Research Unit
• Sale Source: National Police Research Unit
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Australia
• Note: Report Series No: 122.4

Annotation

This is a study of the development of organizational commitment in Australasian police officers.

Abstract

The first section of the report describes the background of the organizational commitment project, summarizes the research and describes the four studies which present the details of the study: (1) development of organizational commitment across the career span of police officers; (2) the police officer’s perspective on improving organizational commitment; (3) developing organizational commitment (pre-recruitment, training and probation); and (4) the impact of experience of the police organization. The second section draws together the findings and ties them into a Commitment Intervention Model that provides guidelines police managers may use to address problems with commitment in their area of control, and interventions for specific circumstances. Notes, figures, references