A Study of Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction of Police Personnel of Gujarat State

Aastha Dhingra Aastha Dhingra,Parmar Vishal Kumar P Parmar Vishal Kumar P

doi:10.25215/0303.062

Aastha Dhingra Aastha Dhingra, Parmar Vishal Kumar P Parmar Vishal Kumar P

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Abstract

The present research was conducted in order to understand the occupational stress faced by the police personnel of Gujarat state and their levels of Job satisfaction with their lives. A total sample of 120 (60 males and 60 females) were taken for the study. Out of the 120 sample, 60 were armed and 60 were Unarmed Police Offices. Occupational Stress scale developed by A.K Shrivastava and A. P. Singh and Job Satisfaction scale developed by Singh and Sharma were used to gather data. The analysis of data was completed using t-test. The results of this study indicate that there is no significant difference in Occupational stress of Armed and Unarmed Police officers and similarly there is no significant difference in Occupational stress of Male and Female Police officers of both the groups. Moreover there is no significant difference in job satisfaction level of Armed and Unarmed Police officers. There is a significant difference in Job satisfaction level of Male and Female Police officers which indicates that Female police officers have higher levels of Job satisfaction than Male Police officers.

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The present research was conducted in order to understand the occupational stress faced by the police personnel of Gujarat state and their levels of Job satisfaction with their lives
Hypotheses: 1. There is no significant difference between Occupational Stress of Armed and Unarmed Officers
It means that the Occupational Stress level of Armed and Unarmed Police officers was found to be same

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The present research was conducted in order to understand the occupational stress faced by the police personnel of Gujarat state and their levels of Job satisfaction with their lives. There is no significant difference in job satisfaction level of Armed and Unarmed Police officers. Many workers face occupational stress as a part of their routine life and have started being a major hazard By definition, it could be stated as any stress which is related to an individual’s work area. Regular exposure to human indecency, pain, suspicious environment, danger, job shifts and others can lead to a huge amount of stress This increasing amount of stress later leads to issues related to physical and mental health which gets reflected in the form of high suicide rates, divorce, alcoholism and decreased job satisfaction and others. The Central Bureau of Investigation is one of the prime investigative agencies of the country and is responsible for a wide variety of criminal and national security matters

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