RELATIONSHIPS AMONG JOB INSECURITY, INCIVILITY, INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS AND SOMATIC SYMPTOMS: A MODEL TOWARDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

One of the major consequents of the stressful job is poor physical health, a neglecting area among the police workforce. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the associations among job insecurity, interpersonal conflicts, workplace incivility and somatic symptoms as these relate to job content and context of the Police workforce. The data for this study was collected from 343 low ranked police employees through a questionnaire-based survey between March-May 2019. Avoiding the issue of common method biases the data were collected at two times. The study used structural equation modeling technique to test the hypotheses. The results revealed interpersonal conflicts, workplace incivility and somatic symptoms as the consequence of perceptions of job insecurity. However, positive and negative emotions were noted to moderate the association between job insecurity and workplace incivility. Physical health is a worldwide issue among police, however, the data for this study was collected from a single province which may limit the generalizability to South Asian countries. The study has implications for the government and policymakers. This study is the first of its kind to examine the issues of police employee’s poor physical health with the help of social power theory and the broaden-and-build theory.