title: The Associations of Job Stress and Organizational Identification with Job Satisfaction among Chinese Police Officers: The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital.
abstract: Police officers' job satisfaction is an important issue for police force management, but insufficient research exists on the topic, especially in China. This study aimed to examine the associations of job stress and organizational identification with job satisfaction among Chinese police officers, and particularly the mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap). A cross-sectional study was conducted in Liaoning Province of China during the period of September-October 2014. A set of self-administered questionnaires was distributed to 2514 police officers, and complete responses were obtained from 2226 participants. The associations among variables in relation to job satisfaction were validated by structural equation modeling. Job stress was negatively associated with job satisfaction, while organizational identification and PsyCap were positively associated with job satisfaction among Chinese police officers. PsyCap mediated the associations of job stress and organizational identification with job satisfaction. Interventions to improve Chinese police officers' job satisfaction should be developed in the future, especially the enhancement of PsyCap.
authors.affiliation: China Medical University-The Queen's University of Belfast Joint College, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China. zhuzhu66lulu@163.com.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China. liul@mail.cmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China. lgc0519@126.com.
authors.forename: Guoyuan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sui
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China. liewang@mail.cmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016495:Police / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: job satisfaction; job stress; organizational identification; psychological capital