title: The Effects of Perceptions of Organizational Structure on Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment Among Indian Police Officers.
abstract: Successful police organizations rely on involved, satisfied, and committed workers. The concepts of job involvement (i.e., connection with the job), job satisfaction (i.e., affective feeling toward the job), and organizational commitment (i.e., bond with the employing organization) have been shown to significantly affect intentions and behaviors of employees. The current study used multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis on survey results from a sample of 827 Indian police officers to explore how perceptions of work environment factors affect officers' job involvement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Organizational support, formalization (i.e., level of codified written rules and guidelines), promotional opportunities, institutional communication (i.e., salient work information is transmitted), and input into decision-making (i.e., having a voice in the process) significantly influenced the job involvement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment of Indian police officers. Specifically, in the multivariate analysis, perceptions of formalization and instrumental communication had a positive relationship with job involvement; perceptions of organizational support, promotional opportunities, instrumental communication, and input into decision-making had positive associations with job satisfaction; and perceptions of organizational support, formalization, promotional opportunities, instrumental communication, and input into decision-making had positive relationships with organizational commitment.
authors.affiliation: 1 The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Eric G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.affiliation: 2 The University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Hanif
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.affiliation: 3 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Klahm
authors.affiliation: 3 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: 2 The University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016134:Organizational Policy; D016495:Police; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Indian police; job involvement; job satisfaction; law enforcement; organizational commitment; organizational structure