Abstract

PurposeThis study examined the effects of organizational justice and citizen respect to support for democratic policing through self-legitimacy among South Korean police officers.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used survey data from 467 South Korean police officers in 2022. Structural equation model analysis was used to examine relationships between each variable.FindingsThis study found a positive relationship between organizational justice and self-assessed legitimacy. Also, citizen respect had a positive relationship with both police officers' self-assessed legitimacy and audience legitimacy. Self-assessed legitimacy had a significant effect on support for democratic policing, while perceived-audience legitimacy did not have a significant effect on support for democratic policing.Originality/valueThe current study provides evidence that self-legitimacy affects supporting democratic policing in a non-Western democracy. Additionally, to the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to examine the role of police self-legitimacy as a link between organizational justice and citizen respect and the intended behaviors of police officers toward citizens.

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