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Attitudes of police personnel towards their job

The objective of the study was to examine work attitudes among police personnel and its relationship with selected demographic variables, personal characteristics,and work-related factors. A sample consisting of 182 police personnel from 4 police headquarters in Wilayah Persekutuan responded to the...

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Main Authors: Ishak, Salma, Musa, Mohd Makzan
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 1996
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling my.uum.repo.1672010-09-29T07:35:11Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/167/ Attitudes of police personnel towards their job Ishak, Salma Musa, Mohd Makzan H Social Sciences (General) The objective of the study was to examine work attitudes among police personnel and its relationship with selected demographic variables, personal characteristics,and work-related factors. A sample consisting of 182 police personnel from 4 police headquarters in Wilayah Persekutuan responded to the questionnaire. Results revealed that, in general, police personnel in this study showed a fairly positive attitude towards their job, a positive perception of the support and concern from the police force, and were generally not under great mental strain. Significant positive correlations were obtained for age, personal well-being, length of service,and perception of support from the police force with work satisfaction. Significant differences were also observed for work satisfaction on the basis of their rank, and the police station as well as the division where they were attached at the time of the study Universiti Utara Malaysia 1996 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/167/1/Salma_Ishak.pdf Ishak, Salma and Musa, Mohd Makzan (1996) Attitudes of police personnel towards their job. Analisis, 4 (1). pp. 13-32. ISSN 0127-8983 http://ijms.uum.edu.my
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Ishak, Salma
Musa, Mohd Makzan
Attitudes of police personnel towards their job
description The objective of the study was to examine work attitudes among police personnel and its relationship with selected demographic variables, personal characteristics,and work-related factors. A sample consisting of 182 police personnel from 4 police headquarters in Wilayah Persekutuan responded to the questionnaire. Results revealed that, in general, police personnel in this study showed a fairly positive attitude towards their job, a positive perception of the support and concern from the police force, and were generally not under great mental strain. Significant positive correlations were obtained for age, personal well-being, length of service,and perception of support from the police force with work satisfaction. Significant differences were also observed for work satisfaction on the basis of their rank, and the police station as well as the division where they were attached at the time of the study
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title Attitudes of police personnel towards their job
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publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia
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